Huan's Heart in a Mirrorland

After drinking poison, Noble Consort Xi of the Great Yong dynasty died in the Broken Jade Pavilion. When she opened her eyes again, she had become the Sixth Miss of the Wen family in the Great Zhou dynasty, Wen Yuhuan. Bringing with her the wisdom she had gained from Qing palace intrigue, she thwarted the schemes of Liu Yurong and her daughter within the Wen household and balanced her relationship with her adoptive mother, Zhao Yue’e, and the rest of the family. With the help of her maternal grandfather’s former subordinates, she also met Xiao Jinglan, a free-spirited young man from a military family, and caught her first glimpse of the undercurrents in Bianjing’s court.

At a polo match, she cleverly dealt with the harassment of Lady Jiacheng. In a ruined temple, she uncovered evidence that Prince Yong had secretly stockpiled weapons. At a palace banquet, she made her name with a poetry game. Step by step, Wen Yuhuan advanced her plans, helping Su Yanqing out of trouble, clearing her maternal grandfather’s family of a wrongful conviction, and offering a scheme of discord during Prince Yong’s palace coup that helped Xiao Jinglan lead his troops to defend the emperor and quell the rebellion.

From the lingering regrets of the inner palace to a new life in Bianjing, Wen Yuhuan shed Noble Consort Xi’s cold political cunning and found true affection amid household rivalries and court turmoil: Xiao Jinglan’s devotion that put his life on the line for her, and the warm protection of Old Madam Wen, finally allowed her to let go of the obsessions of her previous life. In the end, she married into the Duke of Zhenguo’s household with the title of County Lady Minghui, had twins, a boy and a girl, and turned the regrets of her former life into fulfillment in this one, writing a story of fortune renewed after hardship across time.