After using up all eight of her chances to be reborn, Mu Siyao wants only to stay alive and steer clear of every possible danger. Instead, she is set up to marry a man with a reputation for outliving his wives. Mu Siyao: Staying alive is so hard... Desperate to survive, she pulls out every trick she can think of to divorce him. But then... Her in-laws say the young couple shouldn’t keep bickering and should get along. Her family says they’re made for each other and must stay together. The emperor says he’ll grant them wealth and honor and commands them to grow old together. The man strokes her hair and says, “Be good, precious. Don’t make a fuss.” Everyone is waiting for her to be cursed to death, yet she stays fit and healthy, eats with gusto, heals the sick, earns a noblewoman’s title, and even becomes empress. The scheming husband, who supposedly brings death to his wives, says, “I only bring misfortune to others, never to her.”
