The Tale of Xiwan

Alternate history + reborn in the womb + farming + business + devoted couple + princess consort + groveling pursuit

Sixteen years ago, she was cast aside as the family's unwanted child and sent to the remote countryside.

Sixteen years later, her family summoned her back to use her as a pawn in a marriage alliance, hoping to climb the ladder of power and wealth.

Ming Xiwan deliberately sabotaged three marriage arrangements, but couldn't escape an imperial decree. With a single line, "I wish to marry the seventh young lady of the Ming family, who won't live past eighteen," Prince Jing'an dragged her into the royal family's vortex.

She schemed at every turn to escape, while he pressed closer and closer, falling for her in earnest.

When the "short-lived" curse comes true, he is willing to defy fate and change her destiny. What will she choose in this entanglement that began as a matter of self-interest?