A writing exercise
[The legitimate daughter, unable to face love due to early emotional trauma but opening her heart later, VS the initially repressed, later darkened and out-of-control regent who thinks his wife doesn’t love him]
In her previous life, Su Muxue was the legitimate daughter of the prime minister, betrayed by both her closest family and the person she loved most.
A cup of poison burned through her throat. She died in a ruined temple, full of hatred. Her last sight was her half-sister’s triumphant smile and her fiancé’s cold retreating figure.
In this life, she returns with vengeance in her heart, swearing to make every enemy pay in blood.
Her scumbag ex wants to use her again? She plays along, then turns the tables with a brilliant scheme hiding a deadly trap, ruining his reputation in court.
Her half-sister wants to frame her? She sees it coming, strikes back in front of everyone, and makes her taste her own medicine until her reputation lies in tatters.
Her father wants to use her as a pawn? She navigates the situation with skill, moving effortlessly among the various factions until she overturns the entire game.
She meant to walk the path of revenge alone, but somehow, the mysterious and all-powerful regent has set his sights on her.
He sends her a mysterious silver hairpin as a warning. He secretly helps her in disguise as the Master of Tingfeng Pavilion. And at court, he echoes her words from afar.
But who would have thought that even as she lay dying in her previous life, she still hadn’t seen the truth of the world?
She never imagined that after eliminating the people she hated, she would discover an even deeper conspiracy lurking behind it all.
She thought theirs was merely a transaction, each of them getting what they wanted.
She never imagined that the lofty regent would offer her his whole heart.
In his previous life, he chose to fake his death and escape. In this life, to protect her and grant her wish, he would seize the throne without hesitation, if only he could give her a life free of worry.
Before the palace hall, he is the emperor of countless subjects. Behind its doors, she is the empress he cherishes above all.
