After the Substitute Marriage, the Immortal Lord Visits My Dreams Every Night

My sister died three months after marrying into the Prince of Zhenbei's residence. Her soul lamp burned for ninety-nine days without going out.

Three days later, wearing her wedding dress, I climbed into her bridal sedan.

The whole capital laughed that the Gu family's second daughter had gone mad: her sister's bones weren't even cold, and she was already rushing to take her place as a bride, marrying a sickly Immortal Lord who wouldn't live three years.

On our wedding night, the Immortal Lord cut open my palm. "Of the three rites of joining our fates, we will perform only one."

I cut open his in return. "Fine. But remember this: once our blood is joined, if I die, you die too."

They all thought I was a sacrificial offering they could push around.

No one knew that by day I was a useless princess whose spiritual roots couldn't even be detected;

by night, I was "White Crow," the top name on the bounty list, killing those who deserved it. The bones of the dead speak to my hands.

I married into this family for three reasons, not to be a wife:

To find out how my sister died,

To discover why my name is on the list,

and to make everyone who treated me like a sacrifice kneel and give my name back to me.

As for that Immortal Lord...

Later, he broke his sword for me, took a nail meant for me, and burned his immortal registry to ashes.

I asked him what he wanted.

He said, "For you to live."