Reborn: I Marry the Sickly Crown Prince and Kill My Way to Victory

When Jiang Suihuan knelt in a pool of blood in the dark chamber, she finally realized just how terribly she had been wrong.

In her previous life, she gave up the honor of being the legitimate daughter of a general's family, tore up her marriage contract with the frail crown prince, and happily married Gu Qingyan, a top scholar from a humble family.

She never expected that after seven years of marriage, he would show her cousin Jiang Chuyao far more tenderness than he showed his own wife.

The day the whole Duke of Guo's household was thrown into prison, she begged Gu Qingyan, now a high-ranking minister, to save them. Instead, he had her confined and gave her just one answer.

"The evidence of the Jiang family's treason is conclusive, Madam. You should learn to accept your fate."

On the night she died in confinement, her soul drifted past the brightly decorated wedding hall at the Gu residence. Only then did she learn that her father and brothers had died in battle and her elder sister had been framed, all because the man in her bed had turned against them.

Reborn at the age of fifteen, she picked up the marriage contract with the crown prince that she had once torn apart. As the hall erupted in astonishment, she smiled faintly. "This subject has long admired the crown prince's noble character."

Later, in the great palace hall, she stood in a phoenix crown and ceremonial robes, looking down at Gu Qingyan kneeling as a prisoner on the steps. Her rouge-painted fingertip lifted his chin. "Lord Gu, do you know why I let you live until today?"

As she turned to order Jiang Chuyao to drink the poisoned wine, the prince's suppressed cough sounded behind her. "Your Majesty, take care. Don't let the blood stain your embroidered shoes."