In the Qian Ning era, the second daughter of the Jiang family drowns and dies. The legitimate daughter of the Jiang household is infatuated with love, cuts ties with her family, and runs off to live with the top scholar, earning a scandalous reputation.
She thinks she is about to become the scholar's wife and rise to glory, but it turns out she's been used from beginning to end. Her elder sister leans against her husband's side and says sweetly, "Little sister, it's time to give up your place."
Jiang Wanci is left abandoned by everyone. She plans to live out her days in obscurity, but her elder sister and husband conspire to push her into the water. Only then does she realize that the man she met was no good, and the man she loved was a villain. She dies with a lifetime of bitterness.
She thinks she is destined to die this way, without ever knowing the truth, but a life-borrowing secret art sends her back to the day she returns to the capital. She must protect her family and preserve her honor. Now, let's see who comes out on top.
Back in the capital, there's a chance to turn everything around. She tears into her elder sister, kicks her faithless husband to the curb, and makes careful plans to take down the scoundrel and his lover together.
She thinks she has closed her heart to love for good, but a strange case at a Taoist temple brings her face-to-face with the love of both her lives, Prince Jing's heir, Gu Chengyu. As they unravel the mystery, she learns the truth of their love across two lifetimes.
Thankfully, Heaven doesn't let Jiang Wanci miss him again. She sees the heir who once knelt before every Buddha in the great hall for her sake, and hears him say, "She is the one obsession I can never escape in this life. I willingly accept these chains."
Genres: Historical romance, rebirth, mystery and investigations, political intrigue and revenge, marriage before love, happy ending
