The Princess's Schemes

Song Jingyou had once been the most beloved princess in the palace.

But that was long ago...

Having trusted the wrong person, Song Jingyou defied her father and mother and insisted on marrying Yuan Si, the chancellor’s son.

Little did she know that Yuan Si would conspire with the enemy forces from within, causing Song Jingyou’s five brothers to die on the battlefield. Their heads were hung above the enemy city gates, their bodies devoured by wild beasts, and their souls left without peace.

When her father heard that his sons had been defeated, he vomited blood and died on the spot. Her mother was driven mad by Yuan Si and leapt from the city wall.

Yuan Si then held Song Jingyou’s cousin, Lady Huaiyang Bai Yuran, in his arms and pushed Song Jingyou and her child, who was not yet two, into a pit of pythons. As she lay in a pool of blood, Song Jingyou cursed Yuan Si and Lady Huaiyang. If she became a vengeful ghost, she would devour their flesh and blood and offer their heads in sacrifice to her loved ones. She would use their filthy souls to comfort the spirits of those they had wronged...

And just then, Heaven took pity on her: Song Jingyou was reborn.