In her previous life, just as Ling Mengbai was about to consummate her marriage, her husband, Xie Yucheng, was summoned to the front by an urgent imperial decree. Three months later, news came that he had died. She, too, “accidentally” died in the Xie household, becoming a ghost who drifted there for more than a decade. She watched helplessly as the entire Xie family was destroyed. Several Xie descendants committed murder or rebelled, and none met a good end. The family’s century-old reputation was ruined, while the Great Sheng dynasty descended into turmoil, its people displaced and war spreading across the Central Plains.
When she opened her eyes again, she was reborn on the day her husband died. Candles flickered in the mourning hall, and the children who would one day wreak havoc at court were still just thorny young boys.
This time, she gripped the ruler in her hand. Since Heaven had sent her back, she would set these badly behaved brats straight, one by one.
Embezzlement? Break a hand. Fraud? Kneel in the ancestral hall. Murder and rebellion? First, answer to the Xie family rules.
But as she disciplined them, things slowly began to go wrong. The second Xie son looked at her with ever more dangerous eyes, the boys fought to bring her tea and massage her legs, and even the most rebellious twins began calling, “Sister-in-law, don’t go back. Marry me!”
She thought that once the situation was stable, it would all be over, and she could return to the Ling family in peace. But the next day, the second Xie son showed up at her door with 108 sedan loads of betrothal gifts.
“I hear you’re single again, Sister. I’ve admired you for a long time and can no longer keep my feelings in check. Please grant my heartfelt wish.”
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