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A vengeful heroine vs. a reborn hero

Wei Lingyi was once the most revered princess of the northern frontier.

But because of a star, her name and destiny were rewritten, and she became a symbol of calamity in the eyes of the world.

When she fell from grace, a woman rescued her from a pack of wolves. But later, that woman died too.

The elder sister who had been her only family was forced to serve in the pleasure quarter of the capital.

From then on, Wei Lingyi had only one thought: survive. Only by surviving could she take revenge.

From the moment she crawled out of the Ten Thousand Poisons Cavern in the northern frontier, she took the name Ayinu and swore a solemn oath:

She would not be the pampered, frail daughter of the Wei family. She would become the sharpest blade in Wei Zheng’s hand.

She would make each of her enemies suffer, flaying them and breaking their bones, then scatter their flesh and blood across the land of Fufeng City.

She would break open the imperial mausoleum of the Chao Kingdom and welcome home the eighty thousand loyal souls of the Wei family. She would grind the blood of the Chao princes and their descendants into mud, and use it to build a grave for her mother.

It seemed she had help in her revenge. Someone had been assisting her in secret all along.

At the Imperial Academy,

someone clutched the hem of her robe and knelt at her feet,

his voice tender and reverent: “Ayi, look at me. Stop looking at Wei Zheng, all right? I can be the blade in your hand.”

He took the sharp weapon from her and stepped in front of her. “Keep moving forward. I’ll always be your way back.”

He said, “Ayi, I climbed three thousand steps on my knees to win you. Could you love me, just once?”

He swallowed poison that caused the exact same illness as hers, hoping to share her suffering and become her medicine, staying by her side.

He said, “Ayi, I’ll give you my love, and help you bear your hatred