Zhao Fei's husband, Zhou Yanzhang, fell for a bandit's deceit and returned defeated.
Zhou Yanzhang proposed taking his first love as a secondary wife in order to seek the protection of the Marquis's estate.
"A Fei, if Li Niang hadn't put in a good word for us before the Empress Dowager, our whole family would have been thrown in prison. We owe her a debt of gratitude. She's only a daughter of a concubine in the Marquis's household, so she certainly won't make things difficult for you. You should be satisfied." Zhou Yanzhang told Zhao Fei to clear out the main courtyard and make it into a bridal chamber.
Zhao Fei refused.
She went alone to persuade the bandits to surrender, but died in a bandit's bed.
Her clothes barely covered her body, ambiguous marks staining her skin. One corpse, two lives lost.
Carrying her corpse on his back, Zhou Yanzhang flung open the city gates to welcome the Northern Barbarians.
Only then did Zhao Fei's vengeful spirit understand: the young man who had once saved her now stood atop her bones, playing the devoted lover. He seized her dowry to do good deeds and cleanse himself of the crime of treason.
Zhao Fei was consumed by hatred. She wished she could be reborn to the day the Northern Barbarians slaughtered her fishing village.
She didn't need Zhou Yanzhang to save her.
She could save herself, and she would save her first love, as well as that bandit.
Does the heroine only want to fall in love when she comes back???
I think it's pretty good