Love Beneath the Golden Hairpin

[Household intrigue + revenge and punishing scoundrels + sweet romance + both leads' first love + a remorseful husband seeking forgiveness]

Lin Shiwei, the most beautiful woman in the capital, lived a life full of regrets.

Born into nobility, she married down to Ji Chengjue, a poor scholar, for the sake of her love. She gave him everything, helping him rise to power in a chaotic age and build a great empire.

In the end, his icy accusation of “in-laws meddling in state affairs” earned Lin Shiwei the execution of her entire clan!

She hated him!

Reborn, she swore to repay every grievance and avenge every wrong.

Again and again, she sabotaged his plans, blocked his rise, and even tried to take his life!

But in the end, arrows pierced the young man's back and chest. He acted as if he felt nothing, carefully shielding her in his arms.

Lin Shiwei couldn't understand. What did this man, so deep and calculating, want from her?

The young man, with his otherworldly beauty, gave a bitter smile. “I want your love.”

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In her previous life, Gu Jinzhi was a crown prince unworthy of his position. When they first met, he wore red, his sinister, peach-blossom eyes fixed on her as he tore the hairpin from her hair in front of everyone! Lin Shiwei couldn't stand him, and they never had a word to say to each other.

When Ji Chengjue had her beheaded, only Gu Jinzhi walked with her through the final stretch of her life.

Reborn, they still couldn't stand each other. Lin Shiwei sighed, “You're still as annoying as ever.”

“?”

Gu Jinzhi pressed his thin lips together, his tone petulant. “And you're not annoying?”

She thought she had misunderstood his feelings, but didn't press him.

Unbeknownst to her, the hairpin he had broken when they first met had already been painstakingly remade by the young man.

Later, the dazzling young man personally set the jade hairpin in her hair. He drew her into his arms, his voice trembling almost imperceptibly. “Shiwei, could you please stop hating me, just for now?”

Her life was finally complete.