[Marriage before love for the heroine + a romance spanning two lifetimes for the hero + the second male lead's long road to winning back his wife]
Only on her deathbed did Jiang Chuning learn that it had all been a plot by her cousin's family and Xiao Jing'an.
Thankfully, Heaven took pity on her. She woke up on the day she fell into the water.
In her previous life, her cousin ruined her reputation and schemed to make her choose Xiao Jing'an. Then she secretly gave birth to a child and passed him off as Jiang Chuning's, stealing the position of legitimate eldest son. Jiang Chuning died without a child of her own, mocked by everyone.
Xiao Jing'an ascended the throne, but before his enthronement ceremony could even be held, he executed her parents on charges of treason. The Duke Who Protects the State's residence then fell into the hands of her second uncle.
As for Jiang Chuning, she died miserably before she could ever be crowned empress.
In this life, her cousin pushes her into the water? She clings tightly to the man who rescues her and refuses to let go...
Her second uncle's family joins forces with Xiao Jing'an to pressure her into choosing him and no one else?
At her coming-of-age ceremony, she exposes their sordid affair for all to see, binding Xiao Jing'an and her cousin together so they can stop ruining other people's lives.
Instead, she chooses to be betrothed to the cold, ruthless Fifth Prince, Xiao Jingyan.
On the road to revenge, she puts down evil wherever she finds it and punishes the wicked!
But she never expected that the man from her previous life, who refused even to call her sister-in-law and insisted she call him Master, seemed to have become someone else.
Whenever she turned around, he would look at her adoringly and softly say, “I'm here.”
But when it came to anyone besides her, his expression turned icy, and he killed without hesitation.
He gave her all his tenderness and devotion!
Later, the cold-hearted prince somehow became a different person.
Day after day, Jiang Chuning rubbed her aching waist and rued her choices. It was too late for regrets.
Every so often, the man's bewitching words would echo in her mind: “Be good. Defy your master and ancestor one more time...”
