Palace Intrigue #Household Intrigue #Tormented Love #Mutual Redemption #Substitute Romance #Political Twists #Healing and Poison #The Husband’s Long Road to Redemption #Fated Reincarnation #Forbidden Love #Powerful Leads
Beneath the deep snow of the Great Zhou capital, bones lie buried. Wen Wutong, an orphan of the Imperial Academy of Medicine burdened with a blood feud, advances with every step carefully planned. When she uses a golden needle to open Crown Prince Zhou Jingsheng’s chest, she discovers that beneath the savage Vermilion Bird mark lies a safety charm she embroidered with her own hands.
“Elder Sister’s medicine is too bitter. I have to bring some candied fruit.” The sinister crown prince smiles as he swallows the heart-piercing poison. Behind him, three hundred ice coffins open at once. In every coffin lies a woman with a face identical to hers, a silver needle bearing the date “Year of Wuyin” buried in her heart.
On the night the twin-life Gu awakens, a hundred thousand living corpses claw their way out of the earth. Wen Wutong looks at the charge of “regicide,” written in blood on the city wall, and suddenly remembers a past life: amid the flames, a general held her hand and drove a long sword through his own heart. “In our next life, I won’t be your medicine vessel. I’ll be your devoted servant.”
This game was destined to burn the whole world and bloom into the most dazzling flower of ruin amid the ashes, from the moment she planted the “Everlasting Longing” Gu in him a hundred years ago.
(“The most brilliant part of this game...” Madam Wen’s mangled body suddenly grabbed Wen Wutong by the ankle. “...is that you planted the Passion Gu in the person you love most with your own hands.”)
Ancient fantasy, suitable for those who like sadistic stories.