After Marrying a Spirit Tablet, My Husband Came Back to Life

[Historical romance + household intrigue + healing + marriage before love + mutual devotion + happy ending]

[Deceptively cruel, frail beauty who coughs every few steps × cold on the outside, warm on the inside, silent, patient, and dangerously obsessive man]

Forced by the Guangping Song family to marry Yan Huaixu, who had died in battle at Yunchuan and whose body was never found, Song Lingyi spent three years in the Duke of Xinguo's mansion, living among servants and keeping his memorial tablet by her side. Three years later, the Song family came to the capital, and Song Lingyi began putting her plan into action. She would make everyone who had tried to drain her dry rot away, dragging her frail, sickly body along as she watched the Song family build its grand tower, then watched it come crashing down.

By chance, Song Lingyi discovered annotations written by Yan Huaixu, the Duke of Xinguo. She entered the long-sealed study in the main residence and came to know a living soul through the lifeless objects covered in dust.

After secretly investigating for three years in the capital, Song Lingyi uncovered the truth behind the Battle of Yunchuan, only to be poisoned and fall gravely ill herself. Despite her failing health, she traveled in person. She wanted heroes to rest in peace, wolves to pay the price, heroes' souls to return home and receive the honor they deserved, and the corrupt to tumble from their high seats of power and lose everything.

Yan Huaixu, who had supposedly died in battle at Yunchuan, rode into the capital alone, carrying the heads of the Great Prince and Third Prince of Muting, to appear before the emperor. Beneath the Great Zhou court, political currents churned, and the balance of power shifted once more.

Two broken souls were absurdly bound together. They met amid chaos, came to understand each other in danger, and fell in love amid turmoil.

I will bear the honor you deserve.

I will keep you safe for the rest of your life.

No matter how many thorns lie ahead, I will stand steadfastly by your side.

[The heroine is no saint or paragon of virtue. This is a story about two wounded people drawn to each other, growing closer and healing one another.]