Gu Qianqian is the most esteemed young lady in Beilin, consistently ranked above Shu Ying. Her family background, beauty, and talent are all peerless. She agrees to work with Fifth Prince Xiao Yan on the condition that she become empress. As they collaborate, Gu Qianqian gradually falls for Xiao Yan's honeyed words. On the night of their wedding, the Chancellor's family is destroyed. When the terrible news reaches Gu Qianqian, her heart dies. She begs Xiao Yan to avenge her family, but he refuses... Reborn into a new life, Gu Qianqian resolves to stay away from him. But then she contracts a strange illness and encounters a peculiar bracelet...
Unlike in her previous life, Xiao Yan is now the heir designated by Emperor Xiao. From the moment he first sees her, he becomes enchanted, often dreaming of being intimate with her. After spending more time with the delicate flower of the Chancellor's household, he decides she will be his!
When he learns that she thinks he is ugly, he had considered himself noble, righteous, fresh-faced, and handsome. Now he can't help wishing he had been born better-looking.
After securing the throne, he sets out to avenge his elder sister. Before leaving, he promises her that when he returns, they will spend their lives together, devoted to each other alone. After two years of fierce fighting, he returns to the capital victorious. With petty schemers filling the court, the new emperor inevitably draws jealous eyes. Yet he never imagined that the first person to try to kill him would be her!
“What do you take me for?”
“An enemy.”
Gu Qianqian heartlessly hurls their token of love to the ground. Xiao Yan lowers his eyes to the shattered token and stares at it for a long time...
When he looks up again, only acceptance remains in his eyes.
