“In my previous life, I died on my wedding night while my scumbag husband held my half-sister and laughed at me for being a fool.”
“Now that I'm reborn, I'll make them pay in blood, and while I'm at it, I'll win the regent who holds all the power in the realm.”
Shen Qingtang is reborn on the day of her coming-of-age banquet. Her half-sister is smiling as she offers her rouge laced with deadly poison.
Shen Qingtang promptly shoves the poison down her half-sister's throat, then turns and kneels before her father. “Your daughter wishes to marry the regent, Xiao Linyuan.”
The whole hall erupts in uproar. Who doesn't know that the regent is a devil who murdered his brother and seized the throne?
But no one knows:
- The phoenix birthmark beneath her collarbone is a secret insignia of the former imperial clan.
- The wine she deliberately spills on the regent's robe is a test, hiding the entanglements of two lifetimes.
- When she calls him “husband” in her soft, sweet voice, a dagger hidden in her sleeve is pressed to his heart.
Xiao Linyuan takes her icy wrist and smiles.
“Miss Shen, were you also at the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility on the night of the regicide?”
Later, blood rains down across the Golden Throne Hall.
On the day the scumbag is made into a human swine, Shen Qingtang leans against the regent in his arms, winding a finger around his sash as she pouts sweetly.
“My lord, my hands are cold.”
The demon who slaughtered the imperial clan bends down in front of everyone, his thin lips brushing her earlobe as he murmurs, “Be good. I'll warm them for you.”
