[A strategic, reborn legitimate daughter] versus [a calculating, scheming Grand Tutor]
Song Yulang, the gifted and graceful legitimate daughter of the Song family, was dignified and kind. But one act of misplaced kindness let a wolf into her home.
Her father and brothers were brutally killed, and her sisters died with resentment in their hearts. Only her half-sister, the illegitimate daughter, acted pitifully: “Sister, let me marry in your place. If you refuse to marry for peace, how will you answer to the people?”
Forced into a political marriage amid the chaos of war, she died full of hatred.
Then she was reborn. She cast out the mistress, destroyed her enemies, pacified rival nations, and brought order to the world.
As she took revenge on the wretches who had wronged her, the Regent Grand Tutor's icy gaze seemed to see right through her.
Song Yulang remembered how, as she lay dying in her previous life, only he had held her in his arms, weeping.
This time, she sought him out herself.
She said, “Grand Tutor, would you join me in building a great enterprise?”
The proud Grand Tutor replied, “We can build it together, but anyone else who wants a share will pay a steep price.”
Song Yulang asked, “What do you seek, Grand Tutor? I, Yulang, will give you whatever you desire.”
The Grand Tutor lifted her chin, his smile unusually enigmatic.
“The price is that you give yourself to me. Are you willing?”
