[Reborn heroine + palace and household intrigue + heroine’s growth + happy ending + unrequited love + a rugged, stern general who’s secretly a hopeless romantic VS a seemingly sweet and delicate, stunning princess who is actually coolheaded and powerful]
Everyone in the Eastern Pu Kingdom sighed over Princess Runing. She was breathtakingly beautiful and admired by all, and the emperor’s beloved jewel. But what did any of that matter?
She was still destined to be sent off to marry a Xiongnu chanyu. How miserable and pitiful!
That old chanyu was certainly blessed. At his advanced age, old enough to be a great-grandfather, he could still enjoy the company of a young beauty.
Little did they know that the reborn Princess Runing wanted nothing more.
On the third day of the fourth month in the twenty-second year of Jingjia, Helian Yikun returned to the capital on his adoptive father’s orders to report on his duties.
He had always been detached and indifferent to women.
But, as if fate had ordained it, he was captivated by the graceful figure beneath a peach tree in full bloom.
From then on, he lost his heart and his resolve, unable to take his eyes off her lovely face.
Princess Runing had been reborn.
She was a princess of a fallen kingdom who had already died once. Given another chance at life, she intended to settle every score and repay every grievance!
In this life, her half-sister schemed at every turn, determined to steal the marriage that had been hers in her previous life.
Ha! That so-called foremost young talent among the great aristocratic clans, Xie Yanhe? Whoever wants to jump into that stinking pit can have him!
As for that old man?
She could use him as a stepping stone, at least.
But that tall, stern man, all taut muscles and piercing eyes, always seeming reserved yet watching her every move. Did he really think she wouldn’t notice?
She’d originally planned to spare you in this life. But if you keep looking?
Don’t blame this princess for taking you as her lover!
The plot is good, the plot is compact and well-organized, and the characters have distinct personalities. The only drawback is that the ending is too hasty and the princess's revenge is not enjoyable.