Arrogant, willful eldest princess x humble, devoted, rough-hewn servant x cool childhood friend and imperial tutor
[Reborn + substitute + borrowed seed + forced love + male rivals competing for her + both pure and faithful + chasing the husband + angst before sweetness]
In her previous life, if you asked who Liang Yin, the Great Liang war god, hated most, the answer was undoubtedly Princess Li Huaying.
He hated her so much that he imprisoned her in his residence for three whole years, tormenting her day and night.
Yet this very man, who hated her so deeply, used his own flesh and blood to shield her and her childhood friend’s daughter from a storm of arrows.
After Liang Yin died, Liang had no general left who could defend against its enemies.
On the day the Northern Di cavalry broke through the city gates, Li Huaying leaped from the city wall.
At the time, she thought, if only she could live her life over again,
“A Yin, let’s stop torturing each other.”
When she opened her eyes again,
Li Huaying had returned to the age of eighteen.
She was still the most favored princess in Great Liang, Princess Huaying, spoiled and willful, looking down on everyone.
Liang Yin, meanwhile, was nothing but a lowly servant in the princess’s residence, a stray dog she could trample underfoot whenever she pleased.
She remembered that at this point in her previous life, he had knelt beneath the veranda to put on her shoes.
She had planted a foot on his shoulder, and he hadn’t even dared to raise his head.
Reborn in this life, Li Huaying thought, there were debts she had to repay.
But before she could treat him well, she was shocked to discover that her childhood friend, the imperial tutor and her one true love, was still alive!
How was she supposed to choose?
A word of caution: Not recommended for readers devoted to the male lead. Before she was reborn, there is emotional and physical abuse; afterward, emotional angst. Before she was reborn, the heroine was not faithful, but both leads are faithful after her rebirth.
The heroine is not bound by traditional feminine virtues and has strong agency. She wasn’t a good person before she was reborn and was quite self-centered, though she has changed a lot since. Please avoid if that bothers you.
