In her previous life, Shen Zhiwei had loved Lu Mingyuan with all her heart, only to be subjected to three hundred and sixty cuts and watch her entire family perish in a bloodbath in Chang'an.
Reborn, she smiled as she tore up their marriage contract, then turned to enlist Xiao Jingheng, the Prince of Zhenbei, whose power reached across the imperial court. “Shall we make a deal? I’ll give you the empire, and you’ll hand me the knife.”
◆ She is a rose dipped in poison
Her half-sister flaunts her pregnancy? One dose of miscarriage-inducing medicine will let her experience the tragedy of mother and child dying together.
Her fiancé pretends to be devoted? She’ll nail the evidence of his treason to the throne hall herself.
The Crown Prince wants to use her as a pawn? She’ll turn around and set fire to his secret archives in the Eastern Palace.
◆ He is a mad Hades
Before the world, Xiao Jingheng is a cold-blooded god of war. In private, he has spent fifteen years kneeling before Buddha and praying for her.
She laughs at him. “Your Highness, you might as well put your faith in me instead of Buddha.”
He grips her waist and presses her against the edge of his sword. “Shen Zhiwei, you are my own personal hell.”
◆ In this revenge game, whoever falls first loses
When the mystery of her birth is revealed and the Northern Di cavalry threatens the border, Xiao Jingheng stands with his sword raised. “If you want to touch her, you’ll have to crush my bones first.”
But Shen Zhiwei drives a dagger into her own heart. “Xiao Jingheng, you died for me in my last life. This time, it’s my turn to protect you.”
