The poisoned wine in the Cold Palace burned its way down her throat. Only then did Xu Muqing understand:
her family's lives, the true feelings of the man she loved, and the future of the legitimate daughter had all been part of a carefully plotted deception.
When she opened her eyes again, she was back at the spring banquet at sixteen.
Before her, the scumbag Xiao Yan was coughing blood weakly, repeating the same lie about being "wounded on the battlefield."
In her previous life, she had let her heart soften over this and lost everything.
This time, she smiled gently, without screaming or demanding answers.
But trouble was brewing in the capital:
At the palace banquet, her half-sister's affair with Xiao Yan was "accidentally" exposed, leaving her disgraced;
At court, her father "chose the right moment" to step back and surrender his military authority, while the loyal officials he recommended quietly took key positions;
In the martial world, an unassuming female physician, blacksmith, and scholar quietly became her eyes and blades, spread throughout the realm...
[Reader's Guide]
1. A true queen of revenge. The heroine stays clear-headed and composed from beginning to end, carefully plotting each step and personally sending every enemy to hell.
2. The male lead is the epitome of a devoted, long-suffering lover, secretly paving the way and protecting her in silence.
3. A plot-driven power fantasy, packed with foreshadowing and tightly interlocking twists. The story gradually expands from household intrigue to palace intrigue and then to affairs of the entire realm.
4. The romance is about mutual healing, and the ending is happy.
