The Nation Falls and the Family Perishes, and You Call This Sweet and Innocent?

The passionate prince Xiao Che gives up all his power to protect Su Qingwan, the innocent and sweet legitimate daughter he fell in love with at first sight. In the end, his kingdom falls, his family is destroyed, and he dies amid the rebel armies. Reborn with bitter regrets, he returns to the time before they first met and resolves to sever his feelings for her, devoting himself entirely to saving his crumbling dynasty. Yet fate keeps bringing him face-to-face with Su Qingwan. Watching her coldly from the sidelines, he is shocked to discover that the innocent sweetheart for whom he sacrificed everything in his previous life has hidden meaning in every word and gesture, every smile and frown, quietly stirring up turmoil at court. Her carefree innocence, it turns out, is simply the most masterful disguise for facing the abyss of hell. When floodwaters rage, warlords rise, and corrupt eunuchs hold the government in their grip, Xiao Che finally understands: he was not given another life to escape her, but to stand beside the real her and fight his way through this collapsing age of chaos.