The Legitimate Daughter Gives Up, So Why Won't the Prince Leave Me Alone?

After being reborn, Xie Huaiwei finally understood: she would stop competing and fighting, shut the door, and live a quiet life.

Her sisters fought for favor? She graciously stepped aside.

Someone stole her marriage prospect? She smiled and offered her blessings.

The whole capital laughed at her, calling her a legitimate daughter who could never amount to anything.

Until one day at a palace banquet, she casually solved the deadlock that had confounded the emperor for three years.

Shen Muyuan pinned her wrist against the wall. "Miss Xie, you're quite good at making a strategic retreat."

She looked up and smiled faintly. "Your Highness misunderstands. I'm just... rather afraid of dying."