On the night of flowers and candles in the wedding room, Pei Yuanzhao threw down a piece of paper and a letter of departure, leaving her alone in the empty room.
The whole capital was betting on how many days she could last before being kicked out.
But when he was poisoned by a strange poison, it was she who used blood as a guide to snatch his life back from the hands of the King of Hell; when the plague was raging in the suburbs of Beijing, it was she who volunteered to fight the disease and fought side by side with him; when the palace was besieged and the smoke was everywhere, it was she who disguised herself as a man and retrieved him in the sea of blood and corpses.
He went from disgust to curiosity, from inquiry to appreciation, from worry to deep love.
When he finally let go of his prejudices and wanted to be on equal footing with her——
But she tore up the He Li book in front of everyone and smiled so calmly: "Master Pei, you and I have nothing to do with each other for a long time."
Only then did he realize that the woman he rejected was never a bird in a cage, but an eagle who could rival him.
Beautiful and worth recommending.