The Eastern Palace Has a Blade

The deadliest assassin in the realm laughs off a contract worth 100,000 gold to kill the Crown Prince—he's under her protection. But when an imperial decree names her Crown Princess, her crippled husband corners her with a blade: "Playing both assassin and royalty—is it thrilling?" She yanks his fake bandage: "Faking disability to marry a killer? Your Highness plays dirty too." As blood-stained arrows fly and thrones shake, the world discovers the sharpest weapon in the Eastern Palace isn't the Crown Prince—it's his wife.