The Legitimate Daughter’s Sudden Glory: Rekindling a Beautiful Romance

Shen Qingyan, the eldest legitimate daughter of the Marquis’s household, once trusted the wrong man. She gave all her love to her ambitious cousin, Gu Yanze, never realizing he was only using her status and dowry to pave his way to power. He joined forces with her half-sister, Shen Yurou, to frame her, seize her maternal family’s military power, and send her father and brothers to prison. Once she was of no further use, he personally pushed her into an icy pool. Only as she lay dying did she see that Xiao Jue, the Marquis of Zhenbei whom she had always regarded as a thorn in her side, had been drenched in blood trying to save her. His belated confession, “I love you,” became her eternal regret.

Reborn, Shen Qingyan returns to the eve of her coming-of-age ceremony. The plot has yet to unfold, her family is still alive, and she has not yet given her heart to Gu Yanze. This time, she puts away her naïveté and conceals her sharpness, vowing to protect her family, expose Gu Yanze and Shen Yurou for who they really are, and reclaim everything that belongs to her. And she will never again let Xiao Jue, whom she misunderstood and hated in her previous life, suffer the same fate. As he continues to protect her in silence and love her passionately, Shen Qingyan plans every move and joins forces with Xiao Jue. Together, amid the twists and turns of household intrigue and court rivalries, they tear away the masks of deceit, overturn their tragic fate, and ultimately find a perfect match and a lifetime of peace.