[Heir of the Marquis of Wu and daughter of the Minister of Rites' household | Not a strong female lead | Plot-focused]
A mother who died unjustly, a cold father, and a broken girl.
In her previous life, all it took was a fortune-teller's words for her father to send her, the household's legitimate daughter, to a village in the wilderness. From then on, she lived far from the capital and its estates, forgotten as a country girl.
Only when His Majesty once again brought up her betrothal to the heir of the Marquis of Wu did her father bring her back home.
But in her previous life, she was naive and ignorant, manipulated all her life, and died full of bitterness. Only as she lay in a pool of blood, gazing up at the moon before dawn, did she understand how utterly foolish her mistakes had been.
Reborn, she has gone back ten years.
She steps out of the ruined house that straddles her two lives, looks back once, then leaves it all behind.
The gears of fate turn in hidden places. She had meant to watch coldly from the sidelines and avoid trouble, but instead became deeply entangled, pushed along by forces beyond her control.
The grand estate she wants to escape and the capital she longs to leave are like a swamp, silently drawing her back in again and again.
The man is cold and noble: “Where a piece lands is decided by the player. You have no right to bargain with me.”
Unable to escape, she calls it fate. If she cannot change her fate, then she will change her fortunes!
She enters the game herself and wins half a move against heaven.
