Amid the flames and bloodshed that consumed the entire Northern Pacification Marquis’s household, Shen Yunxi returned to the eve of her fifteenth birthday.
Back then, her father had just surrendered his military command, the emperor’s suspicions were only beginning to surface, her adopted brother’s leg injury concealed poison, and disaster awaited all her loved ones.
Carrying the blood feud of her previous life, she defied fate to change their fortunes. She rooted out traitors, foiled poison plots, and protected her family, forging a pact of life and death with Xiao Jue. From the flames of war on the northern frontier to the turbulent power struggles in the imperial capital, she made every move with care, knowing each turn could prove perilous.
No one knew, however, that every time she changed the course of fate, she lost a little more of her own vitality. Her beauty slowly faded, and her steps grew heavier.
As political factions clashed and the imperial throne sought to destroy them, they joined forces to purge corrupt officials and restore order to the realm. At last, peace came to all under heaven, and the people found safety.
When everyone else’s fate had been rewritten, Shen Yunxi fell into a deep, endless sleep...
