[Historical life and society] [Historical romance] [Elegant period setting] [Palace and household intrigue] [Transmigration and medicine] [The regretful husband pursues his wife]
Xiao Shen'er, an illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's household, transmigrates from the modern world, where she was a medical graduate student, into the tragic novel Misty Rain over the Capital. She becomes a cannon-fodder character who is poisoned to death by her stepmother in Chapter 108. Determined to defy fate and change her ending, she has no idea that Regent Shen Yan can hear every thought in her mind. He's intrigued by her sharp insults toward her stepmother and her meticulous plans for overcoming every crisis. She doesn't know that he's been secretly protecting her all along.
From Jiangnan to the capital, Xiao Shen'er uses her medical skills to open a clinic that treats all who come, and martial arts to protect herself. With a clear head, she climbs step by step from discarded daughter to the center of power. But under pressure from the court, Shen Yan grows distant, pushing her away in the name of protecting her. Heartbroken, she stands on her own and opens clinics throughout the capital. He regrets it too late, spending a whole night in the rain begging for forgiveness. From testing and misunderstanding to standing side by side, she teaches him that love isn't pushing someone away, but standing beside them.
When war breaks out on the northern frontier, she joins the army, using silver needles to break curses and a scalpel to save his life. Gravely wounded and unconscious, he lies as she kneels in a pool of blood to stitch his wound, crying out the words she has never said: “I love you.” When the truth comes to light, she discovers that he can hear her thoughts. His answer is, “I know you came from a thousand years in the future, but I love you because you're you.”
Five years later, she is his empress, and he is utterly devoted to his wife. At their daughter's one-month celebration, she discovers that their daughter can hear thoughts too. Fate has come full circle, but this time, they will protect each other side by side.
From cannon fodder to empress, she proves in five years that you must build a life before pursuing love, and love yourself before loving someone else. This isn't a story of a prince rescuing a princess. It's a princess rescuing a prince, then the two of them saving the world together.
