Everyone says the eldest princess is breathtakingly beautiful, and that she and Xie Yi, the top scholar of the imperial examinations, are a perfect match, harmonious and blessed.
But just three months after their wedding, Xie Yi openly bought a house in the city for his mistress.
Lin Yi Si's reputation was ruined in an instant.
Yet he didn't care what anyone thought. Even as gossip swirled around him, he insisted on bringing me into his household as a favored concubine.
What he doesn't know is that in his previous life, when he passed the imperial examinations, I was the wife he personally buried alive, the one who had stood by him through hardship.
But in this life, he treats me as his beloved, the treasure of his heart.
He doesn't care about saving face. In front of everyone, he kneels at my feet, eyes red and looking pitiful as he asks, [Why don't you love me? Please, won't you love me?]