[Dual rebirth + extreme contrast + fatal misunderstanding]
She is reborn to kill the emperor. He is reborn to cherish her. Two people reborn, caught in a deadly game.
Mu Yunshu is reborn before entering the palace, with only two things on her mind: kill the half-sister who was really behind that dose of sterilizing medicine, and make the emperor Xiao Chengye, who had watched coldly from the sidelines, wish he were dead.
But she doesn’t know that the man on the dragon throne has been reborn too.
He returns, consumed by overwhelming regret, and swears to protect her with his life. He gives her the title of Noble Consort, showers her with endless affection, and clears every obstacle in her path, all to ensure she can live in peace.
And so, a bizarre scene plays out each day in the inner palace:
She offers him poisoned wine. He drinks with a smile, then turns around and purges the entire harem for her.
She “has an affair” with a powerful minister, and he personally gives her luminous pearls to light the way to their secret rendezvous.
At last, she presses a dagger to his heart. “Xiao Chengye, I’m taking your empire.”
He takes her hand, presses the blade in deeper, and smiles tenderly. “All right. You can have my life, too.”
Until the day the truth tears everything apart...
She discovers that he knew nothing of all her past-life suffering, and that he has been loving her all along in the most clumsy way possible.
And he discovers that all her hatred stems from a fatal misunderstanding he never knew about.
“I will make the empire your prison and keep you there for life.”
“I will make my hatred the blade that cuts through your devotion.”
In this rebirth, with both of them reaching for each other, which one of them is the other’s doom?
