Rewriting Fate in an Ancient Rebirth

At a glittering banquet rife with hidden currents, the renowned young Yan general Yan Ci concealed a late-blooming magnolia and declared that whoever found it would become his wife. Yet behind this seemingly romantic gesture lay a secret: the woman in Yan Ci's heart had already married someone else at the frontier. He only wanted to prove that he had moved on.

In my previous life, that magnolia somehow ended up behind my seat. I mistook it for a heaven-sent match and happily married into the general's household. To my surprise, Yan Ci was absent on our wedding night, and the next day he rushed off to the frontier without looking back. He left me alone to endure my mother-in-law's torment and the whole city's gossip and mockery, suffering the endless misery of a marriage in name only. The night wind brushed my face, carrying the chill of early spring. I took a deep breath. This time, I would not repeat my past mistakes. I would rewrite my fate and escape that illusory, tragic ordeal in the general's household once and for all.