The Gu King

Lin Jianlu is reborn amid the flames that consumed her, returning to the starting point of her tragedy. Calmly hiding her true intentions and plotting several moves ahead, she wields poison insects as a blade and medicine as a shield. She tears away the false virtue of her close friend Su Ruanruan and exposes Prince Zhao Yan's schemes one step at a time. Along the way, she reunites with the general Huo Zheng, whom she missed in her previous life. Together, they make a formidable team: she helps him root out corruption in the army and secure his position at court, while he gives her military support and his unwavering trust. As her revenge deepens, the secrets of the Southern Border's poison-insect clans, Lin Jianlu's true origins, and the hidden past of Huo Zheng's family gradually come to light, revealing an even greater mystery surrounding the empire. In the end, Lin Jianlu makes her enemies suffer the consequences of their own actions and, as the poison-insect clan's leader, sets things right. Together with Huo Zheng, she protects their homeland and people, forging a legend woven from iron will and tenderness.