In her past life, Gu Zhaoxi was the wife Qiao Yanshen had sought with a grand wedding procession and a proper marriage ceremony.
Not long after they married, Qiao Yanshen decided to take his lowborn cousin as a secondary wife!
For his cousin’s sake, he stripped Gu Zhaoxi of control over the household, allied with a prince to undermine her father and brothers, and raised his cousin’s clan to power. Once her family had fallen, he beat Gu Zhaoxi, pregnant with his child, to death!
As she lay dying, she begged him to save their child. He replied, “You schemed your way into marrying me. You don’t deserve an heir!”
She died consumed by hatred, unable to rest in peace!
When she opened her eyes again, she had been reborn on the very day her family was negotiating her marriage to the marquis’s household!
Gu Zhaoxi was determined never to marry into that family. The marquis’s household would pay for its crimes in blood!
But in this life, as in her last, the struggle for the throne was a storm brewing beneath the surface.
Her family’s downfall had never been the fault of that scumbag alone. Caught in the whirlpool, she fought tooth and nail to carve out a path to survival for her loved ones!
And then, of all people, she got tangled up with Qi Zongyan, the living King of Hell.
The King of Hell helped her beat down the scumbag and tear apart the scheming white lotus, making her reborn quest for revenge all the more satisfying!
When the dust finally settled, Qi Zongyan offered her an empire as a bride-price and sought her hand in a grand wedding fit for a golden age:
“What’s so special about being the marquis’s wife? Little troublemaker, I’ll make you empress!”
Gu Zhaoxi: “You can do that?!”
The good-looking, smart, bold, careful and somewhat cute princess paired with the jealous, heroic, resourceful and infatuated governor is a perfect match. I also want to read the story of Gu Guards and the fourth princess.
It's a good novel. The male protagonist has a sullen, cold and awkward character. It's so funny. Although he has a stupid mouth and can't say sweet words, he is really kind to the female protagonist.
A good book, the plot is not procrastinating, and the characters have distinct personalities