The eldest daughter of the Lu family was accomplished in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. She married the man she loved, and they trusted and cherished each other. Her husband passed the civil service examination and became a low-ranking official.
Though the couple trusted one another and accepted each other's flaws, he grew greedy for status and wealth. To curry favor with the powerful, he saw her as an obstacle between himself and the commandery princess, and killed his wife to win the princess's favor.
The sinister, unhinged princess stood before her and laughed. “No matter how breathtakingly beautiful you are, no matter how accomplished in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, you're still an ant beneath my feet!”
After her virtue was violated, she threw herself into a lake. The entire Lu family demanded justice for her, but the princess, whose power reached the heavens, had them all killed.
In the fifty-second year of the Jingcheng reign, Lu Nianyao's life came to an end. Then she was reborn as Lin Luoshu, the daughter of the prime minister.
She woke in a dilapidated room, locked away in a house in the wilderness and targeted and framed by all manner of villains. She began to fight back, ruthlessly tearing through one scoundrel after another.
Once considerate and kind, she was now as sharp as a blade. Lin Luoshu swore she would never again be a plaything in anyone else's hands. Now she would clear the Lu family's name and avenge herself.
He was Chang'an's most beautiful regent, proud and unruly, cold and mercurial, with a fondness for collecting butterfly specimens.
Everyone said that the prime minister's eldest daughter, Lin, was gentle as jade, kind and generous, and as pure and flawless as a lotus.
He laughed mockingly and said, “Gentle as jade? I'd say she's more like a man-eating serpent.”
Lin Luoshu: “Look, these are my favorite butterfly specimens.”
Pei Jinxiao: “Such beautiful butterflies. I'll keep them in my room so I can admire them all to myself.”
A beautiful regent meets a scheming young lady with a venomous heart. The male lead is cunning and gorgeous, while the female lead is calculating and decisive. Together, they defeat their enemies and root out evil.
