On the eve of the wedding, the Xu residence is decked out in festive decorations, yet the mood is oppressive. Xu Qingyao sits alone in her bedroom, staring at her pale face in the bronze mirror, the scars from her stepmother's whip still on her wrists. She takes out the poison she has kept hidden, swallows it through her tears, and chooses death over the humiliation of marrying a disabled prince.
- By the River of Forgetfulness, the Empress of the Underworld senses a powerful wave of resentment and sees the soul of a woman who looks exactly like her. After learning what happened to Xu Qingyao, the empress decides to borrow her body and return to the world of the living to settle the score.
- On the wedding day, a sudden knocking comes from inside the coffin. As the crowd watches in terror, "Xu Qingyao" pushes open the lid and sits up, a wicked smile curling her red lips. Master Xu faints on the spot, while her stepmother, Madam Xu Liu, turns ashen.
After settling into Xu Qingyao's body, the empress discovers that it is extremely weak. She secretly draws on yin energy to heal it while reading the body's lingering memories to learn about the Xu residence and the political situation at court.
- The wedding goes on. Xiao Yunjin, seated in his wheelchair, watches the "bride who has returned from the dead" with a cold gaze. When Xu Qingyao correctly identifies the prince's steward as the son of a traitor from twenty years ago, a sharp glint flashes in Xiao Yunjin's eyes.
- On their wedding night, Xu Qingyao immediately exposes Xiao Yunjin's pretense of being disabled. They strike a deal: she will help him root out the traitor, and he will help her uncover the truth behind her birth mother's death. Hidden in the shadows, Xu Ran overhears part of their conversation and devises a vicious plot.
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