Not Knowing You

[Both leads are reborn + long-planned love + partly a marriage before love] A decisive young princess × a brilliant young general In her previous life, amid red walls and green tiles, a handsome young man with sharp brows and bright eyes outshone even the pear blossoms in full bloom. Shen He was bewitched by him and threw herself into the struggle for the throne without hesitation. After years of torment, she had lost both her children, her father and brothers had died brutal deaths, and not a single soul from the loyal Shen family survived. Reborn, she tears apart the scumbag and kicks the other woman to the curb. In her previous life, they walked all over her and got everything they wanted. This time, she will make them suffer beneath her feet. She burns Buddhist temples, blocks hidden arrows, and secretly sends provisions, turning the court of Western Chu upside down. She thinks she is the one plotting and scheming, never realizing that someone has been quietly covering her back all along. Chu Yao tucks Shen He’s hair behind her ear. “Don’t you understand yet, Zhizhi?” His eyes brim with a surging heat. “I have loved you for two lifetimes.” Chu Yao unlocks Shen He’s shackles, cradles her hand, and slowly presses a kiss to it, reverent as if in worship. “If you want revenge, I’ll be your blade. If you want to overturn this realm, I’ll throw the court into chaos.” “Look at me, Zhizhi.” He climbs the three thousand steps of Dazhao Temple, bowing with every step until his forehead bleeds. If he can give the woman he loves another chance at life, he is willing to betray the world. [Content note: The heroine grows over time and has few advantages early on. Half revenge, half sweet romance. The hero isn’t just a tool for the plot. He is her strategist behind the scenes, and she is his brave little beast.]