Five years after her death, Gu Xingci opened her eyes in an ice coffin.
The bone-chilling cold nearly dragged her back into hell, until a pair of trembling hands pulled her into a tight embrace.
Her father had gone gray overnight, her mother had wept herself dry, and her eldest brother had laid down his sword for five years. Now, her rebirth had brought them all back to life.
Everyone in the Gu household cherished her as if she were the most precious thing in the world. Even the “keepsakes” bestowed by the emperor became decorations in her new courtyard.
The mighty emperor himself had even bowed to her.
Everyone said the Gu family’s legitimate daughter had returned to be spoiled beyond measure.
But she knew the truth.
This life had been stolen from death.
Those five years in the ice coffin were no accident.
She could not leave the debt of her life unanswered.
(The male lead himself has little power. He’s a bit of a hapless softie. After losing his brothers, he only manages to become emperor thanks to the prime minister’s guidance. But the prime minister has no heart for court affairs after his daughter’s death, and for the first few years of his reign, the male lead focuses solely on suppressing bandits. Only when his efforts to suppress them are obstructed will he turn against those who defy him. So the emperor doesn’t have much power.)
