In her previous life, Gu Ruowu gave her heart to the wrong man and became a pawn in someone else’s game. In the end, her family fell into ruin, and she met a tragic end.
Reborn before fate took its decisive turn, she casts off her foolish infatuation and sneers: Since the heavens have given her another chance, she wants none of that hollow romance or destiny set in stone.
A noble lady of the prince’s household? No. This time, she will take charge of her own fate.
She opens a gold shop, establishes a charity, and quietly lays the groundwork for a grain supply route stretching from the capital to the northern frontier, all without anyone knowing. Her battlefield has never been the confines of the inner quarters.
She refuses to marry a prince and outwits the venomous schemers, making her moves in silence as she stirs up the capital.
What she never expected was that everything she had built in secret had already caught the attention of those deep, sharp eyes. The cold-faced God of War she had “happened” to save amid a mountain of corpses on the border was quietly waiting for her to step into the game he had set.
A little scene:
At a palace banquet, they meet again. He blocks her path deep in a plum grove, his eyes dark as ink. “Miss Gu, your grain business reaches rather far.”
Her heart tightens, but her expression remains calm. “Your Highness jests. I’m only making a little money through hard work.”
He suddenly leans close, his breath brushing her ear as he chuckles. “You even dared to ‘borrow’ the grain carts supplying my army. This business of yours really isn’t easy.”
Reborn, the villainess only wants to quietly make a fortune and protect her loved ones.
And, along the way, save his life, disrupt her enemies’ plans, and change the fate of the realm.
It's a very clever book. I like reading it. It has a strong sense of power.
Good-looking, super, super good-looking