In her previous life, Shen Zhihuai learned on her wedding night that her elder brother had died in battle. Her husband, Xiao Yu, looked on coldly as his concubine humiliated her.
In the end, she took her own life in a side courtyard, her wedding robes stained with blood.
Reborn, she swears to make them pay for every debt in blood!
When she opens her eyes again, she has returned to three years earlier, still the unmarried legitimate daughter of the Shen family. In this life, she plots her every move: first taking down her vicious stepmother, then foiling the Empress's scheme, and even deliberately getting close to Chu Lin, the gentle and refined physician at the Imperial Medical Academy, all just to watch Xiao Yu lose his mind!
But why is Xiao Yu acting so strangely in this life?
He remembers which pastries she loved in her previous life. He kneels in the snow all night, begging her to forgive him, and even risks his life to protect her when she's in danger... Beneath the candlelight, he murmurs, “Awu, this time, let me be the one to love you.”
She gives a cold laugh. “Your Highness, affection that comes too late is worth less than grass.”
Yet Xiao Yu pins her against the wall, his eyes red. “What will it take for you to believe me?”
She pulls out a golden hairpin and presses it to his heart. “Unless you die once too.”
[Reader's Guide]
Both leads reborn + husband wins back his wife at the crematorium + political intrigue + sweet romance + face-slapping
The male lead is controlled by a parasitic mind-controlling insect early on, then becomes an unhinged, fiercely loyal dog later
The female lead is cool-headed and ruthless, skilled in both medicine and poison, and specializes in dealing with fake sweethearts
Side couple: cold-faced bodyguard × clever maid, secretly in love with each other
Run, run, run I'm being swallowed, run, run, run, run, run, run