Duanmu Zhi is the youngest daughter of the Duke of Chu’s household, a girl whose father doesn’t care for her and whose mother doesn’t love her.
At her second sister’s engagement banquet, she falls in love at first sight with her future brother-in-law, Prince Rui. But she is forced to marry the “Living Yama.”
Duanmu Zhi refuses to accept her fate. She repeatedly tries to seduce Prince Rui, who eventually uses her to frame Lu Moxun and keep Prince Cheng in check, helping him ascend the throne.
But Prince Rui turns her into a human pig and leaves her to die in a secluded manor...
After being reborn, Duanmu Zhi sees her stepmother mysteriously go mad, her second sister’s reputation ruined, and Prince Rui die a miserable death...
Yet the “Living Yama” keeps plotting to get close to her, again and again!
And a sweet younger man is eager to try his luck...
A scheming woman seeking revenge vs. a loyal protector who has been plotting for years
