My Cold-Faced Wife Wants to Kill Me Again

Synopsis: Everyone says that Shi Wuxie, the Deputy Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, is a madman. In his quest to discover a way to bring the dead back to life, he has filled his government office with human bones. Every night, vengeful spirits come knocking for his life. Then an imperial decree ordering a marriage turns him into the Marquis Anping’s household’s chongxi husband—the spouse brought in to bring good fortune to a dying man. Shi Wuxie: “…A marriage to bring good fortune? Me?” On the night of the wedding, however, his betrothed dies right there in the bridal chamber. Shi Wuxie becomes the prime suspect in a murder case. Shi Wuxie: ? I feel like I’ve been framed. To prove his innocence, he decides to examine the corpse himself. But just as the tip of his dissection knife touches the crown of the Chu family’s young master’s head, the dead man suddenly opens his eyes. Shi Wuxie: A corpse coming back to life? I’m used to it. Without changing expression, he says, “Lie still. Let me finish examining your body, then I’ll clear your name.” Chu Yunxi, who has only just transmigrated into this world: “…I don’t think I’m actually dead yet. Can’t we try saving me first?” It is the first time Shi Wuxie has ever witnessed the dead come back to life. His eyes light up. How fascinating. “Let me dissect you and take a look!” And so, that very night, the constables of the Court of Judicial Review watched their lord chase a “reanimated corpse” around the entire courtyard with a scalpel. As expected of the Living King of Hell. From then on, every single day, Shi Wuxie would stand beside the bed with his scalpel, practically vibrating with anticipation. “Why can you come back to life after dying? Can I take a look at your brain?” Chu Yunxi would calmly get out of bed and calmly push the knife away. “Not today. Your husband isn’t dead yet.” Until one day, Chu Yunxi really was on the verge of death. “Baby, your husband is going to die. You can cut open my brain now.” He collapsed. A moment later, he lifted his head again. “Wait until your husband is completely dead before you cut, okay?” He collapsed again. A moment later, he raised his head once more, still worried. “Definitely, definitely wait until your husband is completely dead before you cut, okay?” Chu Yunxi never opened his eyes again. But Shi Wuxie no longer wanted to cut him open. The neighbors said that Deputy Minister Shi had gone even crazier than before. Every day, he would fall asleep clutching his wife’s bones, and he did so for three whole years. He was practically the King of Hell incarnate. Three years later. Word spread that the emperor who had driven Shi Wuxie’s wife to his death had finally died. The new emperor ascended the throne. Yet the very first place he ordered his imperial procession to go was the Court of Judicial Review. Dressed in a magnificent black imperial robe, the imposing emperor stepped down from his palanquin. Then, in an instant, the murderous severity vanished from his face, replaced by a warm, radiant smile. He looked at the stunned Shi Wuxie. “Baby, did you miss your husband?” — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: My Cold-Faced Wife Wants to Kill Me Again — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠