When Chu Bing was sixteen, she married into the Du family with a lavish betrothal gift from the Marquis of Ding'an's household and a dowry prepared by her own family.
On their wedding night, just after they drank the nuptial wine, Du Yunyi was urgently summoned to the palace. The next day, he was ordered to lead troops into battle.
Half a year later, a coffin containing Du Yunyi's body was returned to the Marquis of Ding'an's household.
As Chu Bing kept vigil, she was poisoned by the stepmother she'd always thought easy to get along with. The reason? Since she and Du Yunyi had loved each other so much, she should join him in death.
Chu Bing was reborn on the day of her wedding. Now she had two goals: find out why Madam Ruan had poisoned her, and keep Du Yunyi alive.
From the age of fifteen, Du Yunyi had followed his father onto the battlefield, risking his life time and again. After his father died in battle, he inherited the title of Marquis of Ding'an through his own merit. At nineteen, he married the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Works. He'd thought he would spend the rest of his days enjoying a peaceful life with his wife and children, never imagining he'd be murdered on the battlefield.
Unwilling to die like that, Du Yunyi's soul drifted back to his household. He saw with his own eyes that his stepmother had poisoned his wife to death, and that even his half-brother coveted her.
Reborn, he schemed to send his half-brother to war, then slowly tortured the stepmother who had poisoned his wife.
Each making their own plans, the two eventually discovered they had a common enemy.
Chu Bing: “No wonder you insisted we drink Three-Day Drunk on our wedding night. You're ruthless.”
Du Yunyi: “Since Heaven gave us both a second life, we should make good use of it.”
Together, the couple took their revenge.
They looked at each other in silence. After a long while, Du Yunyi asked tentatively, “How about we have a few children?”
With no new goal to pursue, Chu Bing nodded. “All right!”