Shen Weixi, the illegitimate daughter of the Marquis of Yongchang's household, is reborn on the very day she is forced to become a substitute bride.
In her previous life, she became a pawn in a political struggle, had her heart cut out and her blood drained, and died full of resentment.
In this life, she marries into the Prince of Jing'an's household, only to face Xie Heng, the heir said to be gravely ill:
He coughs blood with heartbreaking delicacy, yet every strike he makes against an assassin is fatal.
“Madam, how much longer do you think your husband can keep up this act?”
She pulls out a hairpin and presses it to his throat. “And how much longer does the heir think I'll believe this frail-and-sickly act?”
When the secret of their shared rebirth comes to light, she carries a soul-bonding parasite in her heart, while he hides a map of a vast realm within his sleeve.
The Empress Dowager's deadly schemes, the marquis's household plots, the Northern Rong's web of intrigue...
Every grudge points to a shocking secret buried in the imperial palace:
The massacre at Medicine King Valley sixty years ago is tied to her birth in ways she never imagined.
“If the heir dies, I will follow him in death.”
“Then let us go to the underworld together, Madam, and start another life there.”
He tears away his sickly disguise. She is the master of the Torch Dragon, and he is destined to rise from the ashes like a phoenix.
On the day their twin-birth pact is forged, the realm becomes their betrothal gift, and they rule the world together
