Go with the Flow: Consort Hua and Zhen Huan Are Both Reborn

Nian Shilan jolts awake from a nightmare of the Cold Palace and discovers she has returned to the age of twenty-four, the year she was just made Consort Hua. She remembers how she died by smashing her head against a wall in her previous life, and who had secretly manipulated events behind the scenes.

At that very moment, Zhen Huan wakes in Broken Jade Pavilion, drenched in cold sweat. She cannot forget the snow and wind at Ganlu Temple, Prince Guo, or the Empress’s ever-gentle smile.

The two sworn enemies open their eyes at the same time inside this gilded cage, carrying every memory of their previous lives.

Consort Hua is no longer brash and arrogant. She has learned patience and how to scheme. Zhen Huan is no longer naive and carefree. She has become cool-headed and decisive. They soon realize that their true enemy was never each other, but the Empress, who is always dignified and benevolent.

In a pavilion in the imperial garden, they sit down and speak honestly for the first time.

“I’ll help you deal with the Empress, and you’ll help me in return.” Consort Hua holds out her hand.

Zhen Huan does not take it. “Your Highness, we are not friends, and we never will be. But for now, we can work together.”

From framing each other to using each other, from suspicion to the occasional moment of perfect understanding, they join forces to investigate the truth behind Chun Yuan’s death, thwart the Empress’s schemes, and even... put on an act before the Emperor.

But when the Empress is finally brought down, Consort Hua loses the Nian family, and Zhen Huan realizes she has fallen for Prince Guo once again, they discover that the game in this life is harder to unravel than it was in their last.

A million-word tale of rebirth and political intrigue, following former mortal enemies as they become the rivals who understand each other best.

Inspired by the original work, but not bound by it.