Lotus Ashes in the Dusty Night, Reborn

At a Glance

Betrayed by her closest kin and the man she loved, she was cast into the abyss in her previous life. Now reborn and carrying her hatred with her, she plots carefully at every turn, making every enemy pay in blood.

Synopsis

Shen Qinglian, the legitimate daughter of a distinguished family, gave everything in her previous life to help her fiancé, Murong Jin, rise to the height of power. She also trusted her half-sister, Shen Qingrou, with all her heart, never realizing that the two had secretly joined forces long ago. Overnight, the Shen family was falsely accused of treason and executed to the last member. She was sent to the cold palace, where she died with hatred in her heart.

With her dying breath, she clutched the keepsake jade pendant she had exchanged as a child with Xiao Jinci, a reclusive prince, and swore a blood oath:

If I get another chance, every one of my enemies will pay in blood.

Reborn, she returns to the moment before the tragedy begins. This time, she sheds her gentle facade and pretends to be weak, plotting carefully at every turn. She feigns compliance, lays her plans in secret, turns others' strength to her advantage, and takes her foes down one by one.

She tears away her half-sister's mask of hypocrisy with her own hands, uproots her former husband's power, and exposes the shocking treason of the powerful minister pulling the strings.

And Xiao Jinci, the aloof prince she misunderstood in her previous life, becomes her only ally and source of support this time. A blade slipped to her from the shadows, a piece of intelligence, and a selfless act of protection bring two hearts burdened by pain closer amid their bloody path of revenge, as they save one another in turn.