A Bao, the esteemed Princess Changle of Great Wei, grew up cherished and pampered. She was disciplined, courteous, dignified, virtuous, and always followed the rules. Three months after marrying into the Pingxuan Marquis household, however, she became bedridden. Only as she lay dying three years later did she discover that her husband and cousin had been carrying on behind her back. Her family, the Duke of Ning’s household, was also implicated and wiped out to the third degree because her former husband had colluded with others.
After finally getting another chance at life, she was reborn on her wedding day. As she plotted revenge, A Bao also considered whom she wanted to marry for life. After looking around, she chose her older male cousin.
It was one thing that he had no interest in women, but he was also upright and proper, with a rigid, by-the-book way of doing things. “You have been well-read and sensible since childhood, and you know you’re already married. How can you behave like a frivolous woman and disregard a wife’s virtue?”
A Bao refused to be discouraged. In this new life, she would put aside all talk of morality, chastity, and virtuous womanhood. She would do as she pleased and follow her heart.
Before long, her older cousin pinned her to the bed and whispered tenderly in her ear, “A Bao, I’ll marry you again in our next life.”
