In her previous life, Di Qing's life was a complete and utter joke. She spent her dowry from her family to save her father, kneeling all night, only to have her entire family sentenced to death. Her husband frequented brothels, and she deluded herself into thinking all was well as she dragged her sickly body out to seek the truth. With her own eyes, she saw her husband chatting and laughing with a courtesan, and only then learned that he had plotted her father's death. Grief and fury overcame her, and she died with endless regret and resentment. Only on her deathbed did she understand: their supposed devotion as husband and wife, and the family's support, were all part of a carefully woven deception.
As she lay dying, an immortal took pity on her and gave her a chance to restart her life: “If you want to change your ending, you must dare to do what you were afraid to do in your previous life.”
In this life, Di Qing returns to the summer of the thirty-second year of the Zhengde era. She is only fourteen, has not yet been betrothed to the Duke of Wei's household, her parents are healthy, and her dowry is still firmly in her own hands. This time, she casts aside the weakness and naivety of her previous life. When matchmakers come to sound her out, she refuses them outright. When her family brings up a “good match,” she simply says, “As long as everyone's safe, that's enough.” As for those who schemed against her in her previous life, she will no longer keep yielding. Instead, she quietly clenches her fists. She will protect her parents and keep the family estate safe. More than that, she will make sure those greedy people hiding behind their gentle and refined masks can never get close to her life again.
From dying in a coughing fit outside a brothel in her previous life to restarting her life in the height of summer at fourteen; from yearning for wealth and letting others control her to seeking only safety and taking the initiative to change her fate. Di Qing knows that the wheels of destiny have begun to turn. This time, she will rewrite every regret with her own hands and live a peaceful life that truly belongs to her.
