Reborn at fifteen, I am still the legitimate daughter of the Shen family, betrothed to the Second Prince, Xiao Ming.
The whole household celebrates, and my father beams with pride. “Ning'er, this is the glory of the entire Shen family!”
But I remember my previous life. The day he ascended the throne, the whole Shen family was executed for “treason.”
My blood splashed across his imperial yellow robes. He frowned. “Filthy.”
When I open my eyes again, the bridal sedan is at the door. I tear my wedding dress to shreds in front of everyone.
“I would rather die than enter the Second Prince’s residence.”
My father flies into a rage, my family is horrified, and the whole city is in an uproar.
No one knows that I turn and walk toward the Third Prince, Xiao Yan, the one everyone has forgotten.
“Your Highness,” I say, offering him a fragment of a tiger tally. “Would you like to wager on winning the realm?”
The heroine is smart and independent!