[Groveling pursuit + stand-in for the one who got away + angsty romance + power couple + satisfying revenge + twists]
The day I died, Xiao Jue handed me a cup of poisoned wine.
He said, “Zhiyi, when the ruler wants his subject dead, what choice does he have?”
I smiled as I drank it, leaving him divorce papers.
Three years later, he dug up my grave like a madman.
The coffin was empty. Inside lay only a faded wedding dress and a line written in blood:
Xiao Jue, you owe the Shen family three hundred lives. How will you repay us?
As he clutched the wedding dress, he coughed up blood and fainted.
I was sitting in a military camp on the northern border, smiling as I read the secret report.
The game was about to begin.
The day she crawled back from the coffin, the Prince Regent knelt in the snow for six hours. Later, he resisted her decree and was imprisoned. He pointed his sword at his throat and begged for death. He resigned and went north to follow her. She said: Your prince, you will never be able to repay your debt in this life.