In her previous life, Su Ninghua spent her days as a docile legitimate daughter, trusting a scumbag and her half-sister. She died horribly on her wedding day, and her family was destroyed.
As she lay dying, the only one who came to her aid was the sickly powerful official everyone mocked. He stained the streets with blood for her sake.
Reborn, she tears off the mask of the obedient girl and turns a cold gaze on the wolves around her.
The scumbag wants to latch onto the Su family? Get lost.
Her half-sister wants to steal her place? I’ll crush her.
Everyone laughs at her for throwing away her future, refusing to become a prince’s consort and choosing instead to marry a sickly man.
Su Ninghua sneers. “What would you know?”
One day after their wedding, she looks at the man before her, powerful enough to command the court and ruthless in battle, and realizes:
This isn’t a sickly man at all. He’s an extraordinary powerbroker who has kept his true strength hidden.
Gu Yanzhi draws her into his arms, his voice low and tender.
“I couldn’t protect you in our previous life. This time, my life, my power, everything I have, is yours.”
