The bratty princess versus the cold-faced general
After being reborn, Dai Quan couldn't stop wondering about one thing.
If Xiao He hadn't tricked her into falling in love with him in her previous life, would she and Situ Che have avoided dying on the day she married Xiao He?
If she hadn't been a flower in a hothouse, would the Ji Kingdom have escaped destruction at her hands?
She had watched helplessly as Xiao He seized the Dai family's throne and killed her father, the emperor, and her elder brother. Her heart twisted with grief as an endless cry of anguish echoed inside her. No one knew how desperate she was.
Given another life, Dai Quan swore she would stop Xiao He from seizing power and usurping the throne. She would save her country and uproot Xiao He's faction. She would treat Situ Che well and make amends for the mistakes she'd made.
Once, Situ Che asked her three times, "What do you feel for me?"
Without hesitation, she stepped forward, rose onto her toes, and brushed her lips against his in a fleeting kiss.
"That's my answer."
When withered branches bloom again and the story begins anew, Dai Quan returns, reborn, to correct her past mistakes and put her life back on track. It's never too late for dead wood to bloom again and drink in the rain.
