In her previous life, Li Changle, the legitimate daughter of the Shangshu household, trusted the wrong man. She drained her family of its wealth and gave everything she had to help the Third Prince, Tuoba Jun, ascend the throne. Yet the day he became emperor was the day the entire Li family was sentenced to execution. Imprisoned in the Cold Palace, she watched her family be falsely accused of treason, then was put to death by the man she loved most and burned in a raging fire. As she died, she swore through her tears of blood that if she ever had another life, everyone who had wronged her would be left without a single bone intact!
When she opens her eyes again, she has returned to the days before her fifteenth birthday ceremony, before any of the tragedies have come to pass. No longer blinded by love, Li Changle's eyes hold only seething hatred and absolute composure. When Tuoba Jun makes a hypocritical show of affection, she breaks off their engagement in public and humiliates him, firing the first shot in her revenge. She takes on her stepmother, punishes wicked servants, and tears away the false mask of her sanctimonious half-sister. With every move carefully planned, the pawn of her past life becomes the player in this one.
In her game of revenge, she unexpectedly forms an alliance with Chi Yunnan, a mad general with a powerful army, known as the "Living Yama," who had nothing to do with her in her previous life. He helps her escape one predicament after another, and she offers him strategic advice. Both are ruthless and willing to do whatever it takes to reach their goals. Slowly, they go from allies using one another to each other's only source of warmth and salvation. As she turns her blade against her lofty enemies, Chi Yunnan offers her the empire as his bride price and promises her a lifetime of peace.
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