The Red Candle Pact

On their wedding night, beneath the red candles, Lin Miao looked at the Prince of Jing, a fearsome killer said to bring death to his wives. Fighting back her trembling, she handed him a contract binding them in life and death. “Your Highness, let's make a deal. I'll fake my death and leave, and you can enjoy some peace in your household.” She was a lonely soul from another world who only wanted to survive. She thought she could live quietly in Tingxue Hall and leave once the “accidental fire” happened. But the knocks at the door in the middle of the night, the bloodstains beneath the wall, and the inexplicable bitterness in her medicine bowl all told her that the waters in this prince's residence ran deeper than she could imagine. To protect herself, she had no choice but to rely on the treasure-appraising skills she'd honed in her previous life, spotting danger in the smallest details. Then she unexpectedly became pregnant, and the baby she gave birth to could hear people's thoughts! When her son pointed at a prayer bead with his tiny finger and told her in her mind, “Mother, that nanny is cursing you,” when the mines in the north, strange happenings in Jiangnan, and palace whispers were all linked by a vast web woven by the previous dynasty... Lin Miao finally realized that her fearsome husband had never been plotting merely to keep peace in his household. And the marriage that began as a cold transaction forged a bond, through life-and-death struggles and blades, that no one could ever sever.