In my previous life, I was Shen Qingci, the legitimate eldest daughter of the Marquis's household.
I poured my heart and soul into my family and shielded my younger sister from every storm.
In return, my own parents joined hands to force me to drink a cup of poison.
As I lay dying, my dear sister stepped on my bleeding fingertips and smiled sweetly:
"Don't worry, Sister. Your dowry, your fiancé, your place as the legitimate daughter..."
"I'll take good care of them all for you."
When I opened my eyes again, I was fifteen once more.
This time, when my sister tried the same old trick to frame me...
I stopped pretending.
In front of the whole household, I shoved that white lotus into the pond:
"You want to act helpless? I'll make you truly helpless."
When it came to my biased father and my kind-faced, cruel-hearted stepmother...
I stopped holding back.
I tore away their hypocritical masks and settled the blood debt of my previous life, one account at a time.
But just after I turned the Marquis's household upside down, the Regent, rumored to be a bloodthirsty monster, cornered me against a wall.
"Shen Qingci," he said, holding my chin, amusement in his eyes. "I've had my eye on you for a long time."
I sneered. "What does Your Highness want?"
He leaned down, his breath hot against me. "An alliance."
"You take revenge, and I'll back you."
"There's only one condition..."
"You belong to me."
