【Synopsis】
On my wedding night, I personally poured that cup of poisoned wine down my legitimate elder sister’s throat.
In my previous life, she stole my husband and my wedding dress, then watched with a smile as I died in agony, my insides burning. “Little sister, go in peace,” she said. “I’ll enjoy your title as Princess Consort and take credit for helping the rebellion in your place.”
When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the night I was bound and carried in a bridal sedan chair to marry in her place: the living King of Hell, Pei Huaien, the Eunuch Director of Ceremonial Supervision.
In this life, there was still poisoned wine, but the one drinking it had changed. I watched my elder sister drink the wedding wine I offered her, my smile as gentle as ever.
I thought my revenge was complete, only to find myself trapped in an even more gilded cage. Pei Huaien wielded power across the court and was ruthless. With my life in his hands, he coldly tossed me a dagger and a vial of poison. “Choose one, or go outside and try your luck.”
I cut my palm and swore an oath in blood. He let me stay, but only to sort through mountains of old files, gathering dust and stained with blood.
Buried among those yellowed papers, I found news of my elder sister’s death by poison. I saw my maternal family’s downfall, and I also saw vague records of my grandfather’s entire clan, dozens of people, being branded traitors and put to death.
So my revenge was about more than one cup of poisoned wine.
And the man who had treated me like a chess piece and imprisoned me in a tiny corner of the world clutched my hand in a delirious fever when he was poisoned and near death, murmuring my name.
He said, “Su Wanyi, this is the path you chose.”
When revenge was over, simply staying alive became another, even more harrowing journey.
