In her previous life, Song Nianxi was harmed by her scheming cousin, leading to her family's ruin and her own tragic death at home. After dying, her spirit wandered everywhere, nearly unable to be reincarnated.
He is Zong Chuyao, the Crown Prince whom everyone reveres. He never believed in ghosts or spirits, but after learning that Song Nianxi had been murdered, he bound the souls of those responsible, tore the treacherous man and woman apart with chariots, and turned the world upside down so she could be reincarnated.
Scene One: Song Nianxi runs into this man while going out to admire the lanterns, when bandits try to rob her, and even when she goes to burn incense...
Unable to take it any longer, Song Nianxi confronts him. “Your Highness, you’ve been following me.”
Zong Chuyao smiles. “Girl, you finally noticed.”
After pursuing her for three lifetimes, he has finally found her standing amid the distant glow of lanterns.