After her family fell into ruin, Song Ci became the crown prince's canary, serving him meekly and obediently for ten years.
When rebels stormed the city, they took her hostage to force Shen Yanqing to withdraw his troops. But who could have guessed that Shen Yanqing would choose his throne over the woman he loved? After ten years as a stand-in, all Song Ci got was the crown prince's cold reply: "Kill her if you want." Unwilling to remain a hostage, Song Ci threw herself onto a sword and took her own life.
After being reborn, she no longer believed in fate or love, and she had no intention of being such a pushover again.
When the general's legitimate daughter takes up her sword, everything will change.
She'll take back everything she's owed, and everyone who harmed her can die.
What a damn crown prince. She's tossing him aside!
But she never expected the usually aloof crown prince to cling to her like a madman, turning into a jealous wreck and kneeling with the imperial phoenix seal in his hands as he pleaded, "Ci, please show me some tenderness."
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Every night, Shen Yanqing dreamed of a woman, as obedient as a cat, always leaning over his desk as she watched him handle state affairs.
They joked together, flirted, and lost themselves in each other.
He thought that in this life, Song Ci would still fawn over him and depend on him, just as she had in her previous life.
Until he saw her in a dark red official robe, sword in hand, standing on her own and unafraid. She solved the tragedy at the General's Estate, reclaimed her family's property with her own hands, spoke up for the people, and fought on the battlefield.
Her eyes held mountains, rivers, deserts, and open skies, but not him.
He began to panic...
[Villainess with a sweet exterior and a ruthless core] [Aloof Male Lead] [The Male Lead's Relentless Pursuit] [Cathartic Revenge] [Political Intrigue]. Multiple characters are reborn, and the male lead gradually recovers his memories of his previous life.
A heroine who grows over the course of the story.
