Gu Chichi has been reborn.
She is back at fifteen. Her stepmother is forcing her to marry, her half-sister is waiting to steal her fiancé, and everyone in the household is eager to see her make a fool of herself.
In her previous life, she was meek and resigned to her fate. Her half-sister pushed her down a rockery, killing both her and her unborn child.
Only as she lay dying did she learn that Prince Su Huo Quchen, the “Living Yama” feared throughout the capital, was the only person who had ever truly cared for her.
This time, she will not back down.
She breaks off her engagement to the scoundrel, tears into her half-sister, and strikes back at her stepmother. Then she takes the initiative and marries the greatest “enemy” she had in her previous life.
The whole capital is waiting to hear of her death, but instead they see Prince Su stand up for her in public: “No one gets to bully my princess consort.”
On their wedding night, Huo Quchen asks her with red-rimmed eyes, “Were you reborn too?”
She smiles and nods.
You protected me in my previous life. This time, let me stay by your side.
Together, they take on the Second Prince, expose scheming white lotuses, and topple the Empress Dowager. They rise step by step, serving up one face-slapping moment after another, with sweetness and heartbreak intertwined.
Just when everyone thinks she is about to become empress, she tears up the imperial seal of the phoenix.
“I’ll take this realm for myself.”
