In her previous life, Su Qingyuan, the legitimate daughter of the prime minister, was deeply in love with Crown Prince Xiao Jingyuan. She helped him ascend the throne, only to see her entire family executed. She was forced to drink poison and died in the snow. Her half-sister rose to power over her corpse, while the Crown Prince looked on coldly and ground her sincere love into dust.
Reborn on the eve of her broken engagement, she has no love left in her eyes, only boundless hatred.
She seizes control of the household, roots out the traitors, tears up the marriage contract, foils conspiracies, tears into her scheming half-sister, and crushes the venomous Crown Prince.
Amid the chaos of a troubled age, she meets Xiao Jinyu, the cold-faced God of War known as Prince Lin.
He makes her a promise: “I’ll help you take revenge, and you’ll help me conquer the realm.”
He protects her for life, dotes on her alone, and helps her secure the empire.
In this life, she will be no pawn and no caged bird. She will be the one wielding the blade.
She will slay her enemies, protect her family, help her husband take the throne, and ultimately become the empress, uniting all under heaven.
“I came back from hell. In this life, I’ll fight like a madwoman, and I’m sure to win.”
