In her previous life, Shen Qingwu was the most spoiled legitimate daughter of the General’s Manor that Defends the Nation. She adored the gentle and refined Prince Rui, while fearing her stern-faced tutor, Prince Jing’an, Mo Heng, to her very bones.
She hated his merciless ruler, his strict discipline, and the deep, penetrating gaze in his eyes that made her feel ill at ease.
So she did everything she could to marry into Prince Rui’s household, only to be repaid with her husband’s callousness and his concubine’s relentless torment. In the end, her family was destroyed, and she was imprisoned in a dungeon and burned alive.
As she lay dying, the man she feared most, clad in bloodstained armor, fought through wave after wave of pursuers and held her in his arms. His eyes red, he said, “Qingwu, I’ll take you away.”
Pierced by a storm of arrows, he went to the afterlife with her.
Reborn at fourteen, she finds herself standing outside the Hall of Knowing the Subtle, waiting for Mo Heng to strike her with his ruler.
Looking at the man before her, his expression cold even as he secretly lightens the blow, Shen Qingwu suddenly feels tears sting her eyes.
This time, she will never give her heart to the wrong man again.
Prince Rui’s tender embrace? She’ll stay far away!
The tutor’s ruler? She’ll gladly accept it!
But...
Why does the tutor, that ever-cool and restrained prince, seem to be acting more and more strangely?
“Tutor, I know I was wrong.” She lowers her head and accepts her punishment.
But the man takes her wrist, his thumb stroking the red marks on her palm, and says in a husky voice, “You know you were wrong? Then I’ll punish you... to stay by my side for the rest of your life.”
