Chu Liuhua thought that she and Emperor Gao Linqu were deeply devoted to each other, and that neither of them could ever make room in their hearts for anyone else.
Only after she died did she learn that the emperor, who had given her a lavish state funeral in public, had rushed straight to her bedroom to sleep with his brother’s wife... and replaced the child she had carried for ten months.
Reborn, Chu Liuhua refuses to marry her childhood sweetheart again, much less bear his child.
In this life, she only wants to use her generous dowry to find a suitable match for herself, then spend her days eating, drinking, and enjoying a comfortable life.
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Gao Changyuan is a ruthless madman in Chang’an, quick to take a head with a single stroke of his sword and unafraid of the powerful, deeply entrenched clans. Yet the one thing he fears is the young woman marrying someone else.
At first, he coaxes her: “Want to get back at Gao Linqu?”
Only later does he realize that she isn’t someone he can sweet-talk. She’s hoping he dies soon so she can enjoy a life of luxury.
