Reborn · Poison Medicine · Political Intrigue
The moment the nails were driven into my coffin, I heard my elder sister’s smug laugh.
In my previous life, she poisoned me with wine and stole my place as princess consort. This time, I open my eyes inside a coffin in a mass grave, carrying the bloodline of a sacred maiden from the Western Frontier and holding the mysterious Poison Manual.
The Cui family’s poisoned wine? I dissolve the poison with a medicinal capsule under my tongue, then pour her a cup of “beautifying tea.”
A plot to force me into a proxy marriage? The jade bangle in my arms has already recorded all her crimes.
The world fears my uncanny skill with poisons, but the notorious, sinister and lovesick Prince Xie Jinglan invites me to wager our lives beneath his umbrella:
“Win within three breaths, and I’ll keep you safe.” He drinks the blood from my fingertip. His pupils change, and our fates are bound by a life-controlling venomous parasite.
My elder sister is false-hearted, my stepmother vicious, and the emperor harbors murderous intent...
I wield poison as a blade and use medicine to save lives, advancing step by step as I swear to drag my enemies into the abyss.
But why does this lovesick prince always appear when I’m in danger?
He burns the land deeds of my enemies, then secretly distributes their fields to the refugees.
He offers me a poisoned cup of “unity” and asks for my hand, yet my birth date is engraved deep in the bottom of the cup.
He is willing to bear the sins of a former dynasty for me, declaring himself my blade for all eternity.
When the jade bangle reveals a map of the realm, the Western Frontier’s royal city rises from beneath the sea, and the nine-thousand-year-old eunuch cuts open his heart and weeps as he claims me as family...
Only then do I realize that this game of revenge reaches far beyond the confines of mansions and palace walls.
Poison can kill, but it can also save lives.
When the people’s petition turns to ashes and becomes a phoenix-shaped brand on my forehead, I take the reins of the realm and establish the Poison Medicine Code.
Xie Jinglan, I offer you this realm as my bride price. Will you join me in facing its deadly poison and opening a new chapter of peace and prosperity?
