The Legitimate Daughter Is Reborn: Winning the Emperor's Heart

Caught in a scheme, Shen Ningyuan, the legitimate daughter of a marquis, is forced to marry in place of her younger half-sister. Her groom turns out to be the heir to Prince Rong, rumored to be vicious and afflicted with a terrible illness. She dies a tragic death on her wedding night, only then realizing that it was all a trap laid by her half-sister and her lover.

Reborn at the start of the marriage negotiations, Shen Ningyuan faces the same deadly prospect of being forced to marry in someone else's place. She tears up the script, rips away the white-lotus facade, and turns the tables by “snatching” the marriage for herself. This time, however, she won't be standing in for anyone. She will marry into Prince Rong's household openly and honorably as the legitimate daughter.

Pei Shiyan, the heir rumored to suffer from a terrible illness, appears sinister and ruthless, but is in truth a cunning man, a tiger lying in wait for the right moment. On their wedding day, he lifts her veil and asks coldly, “What do you want from marrying a man who's about to die?”

Shen Ningyuan looks up and smiles. “Your vast fortune after you die, and a lifetime of freedom.”

In a marriage where both harbor ulterior motives, two clever people who see each other as prey face tests and intrigue amid deadly rivalries in the inner household and turbulent changes in court. Their wary probing gradually becomes a struggle in which they stake their lives on each other. When she helps him bring peace to the realm and he promises her his wholehearted love for a lifetime, their original schemes have quietly blossomed into the deepest affection.