[Swapped marriages + both leads reborn + mastery of medicine and poison + love after marriage + second male lead takes the lead + forced possession + punishing scumbags and face-slapping]
[Heads-up: The overall pacing is unhurried, and the female lead isn't overpowered. Both the protagonists and antagonists are highly intelligent!]
In her previous life, Xu Zhaozhao and her adopted sister, Xu Yingying, were betrothed at the same time.
Her adopted sister married the Prince of War, famed for his military achievements, while Xu married the gentle and refined Fourth Prince as his principal wife.
She gave everything she had and rallied her entire family to help the Fourth Prince ascend the throne. In return, she was imprisoned in the Cold Palace, and her entire family was executed.
Only on the brink of death did she learn that her gentle and refined husband had been secretly involved with her dear little sister all along. And the Prince of War her adopted sister married? He was a cripple doomed to paralysis!
When she opens her eyes again, she is back on the day of the betrothal. Xu Yingying eagerly insists that she wants to marry the Fourth Prince.
If you're so eager to steal him, then I'll let you have him!
Xu Zhaozhao smiles faintly and turns to choose the Prince of War, who is about to become paralyzed.
Everyone says she's gone mad, marrying a living corpse.
But they don't know...
She has mastered both medicine and poison, and can bring the dead back to life.
He is a master of schemes, merely lying dormant for now.
A year later, the Fourth Prince's faction has been wiped out, and Xu Yingying kneels in the snow, begging Xu Zhaozhao to spare her life.
And that so-called “living corpse” prince slowly opens his eyes on their wedding night and pulls her into his arms.
“My princess, I've been pretending long enough. Now it's my turn to make a move.”
