A marriage decree brought Shen Qingci to Prince Jing's manor in a phoenix crown and red bridal robes. What she received in return was not a loving marriage, but lonely nights spent waiting for a husband who despised her without end.
When his beloved's heart condition flared up again, Shen Qingci was branded a jealous poisoner. When her father and brothers were framed and thrown in prison, she knelt in the snow to beg for help, but he turned a blind eye. A cup of poisoned wine and a bowl of abortion medicine: he personally severed the last thread of affection she had for him.
“Xiao Jue,” she said, smiling through her tears, each word drenched in grief, “I hope we never meet again, for all eternity.”
A carefully planned escape, and a raging fire that consumed the discarded princess's body. Everyone believed Shen Qingci was dead.
Five years later, a mysterious divine physician appeared on the northern battlefield. Her silver needles had saved countless lives, and at her side was an adorable little boy who looked just like Prince Jing.
Returning victorious, Xiao Jue gazed at the child with his own face and the woman who stood beside him, cool as frost and seemingly reborn. For the first time in his life, his eyes reddened with bone-deep regret.
He cast aside his pride and knelt before her. “Qingci, come home with me…”
With a child in her arms and a powerful protector at her back, she gave him a cool glance, as if he were a complete stranger.
“Your Highness, you've mistaken me for someone else. Your princess died in that fire five years ago.”
--- Making your wife suffer is fun for a while, but winning her back is a whole other ordeal. See how this cold-faced prince crushes his pride and burns his world to ashes, all for one chance to win her back.
