The next morning, ling tells the host that he's going to kill jiang li. He's the son of one of the richest men in the country, and ling's favorite assassin. Worried that ling won't be able to complete his mission, jiang tells the story of his life. He was badly wounded in a mission, and after the emperor helped him, he promised to help ling in return. . After the emperor ascended to the throne, he told jiang to get into the mansion of ling and kill her, so jiang married ling. He didn't actually kill ling, but he hid the evidence and helped the emperor frame her. After jiang's failed assassination, . he married . and . she locked him up, made him a sex slave, and plotted against him. She had him killed, so the villain is . The host tells ling that jiang is afraid to spoil the plot, because he knows that the emperor will be scared of him if he knows about it. He tells . the host to stay away from him, because .