A Beautiful Destiny, All for You

Gu Jinchao died twice.

In her first life, she was foolish and timid, married the wrong man, brought ruin upon her entire family, and died alone in the cold palace. Only as she lay dying did she learn that a fiercely independent young heir had once taken a blade for her, sought medicine for her, and waited for her for many years. She had never even given his name a second thought.

In her second life, she was reborn. Using every ounce of her cunning, she avoided every disaster, married the most dependable powerful official, became a titled lady for half her life, raised a large family, and died peacefully in old age. She thought this life had been perfect.

Until, at the moment she drew her last breath, the steward brought her an old borderland letter, sealed away for more than thirty years:

“From now on, no one will bother you again.”

The letter had been written by Ye Xian, heir to the Marquis of Changxing. He never married, his family fell into decline, and he died in battle. Three years after sending the letter, he died on a border no one knew about.

Clutching the yellowed letter, she finally burst into tears.

The arrow she had dodged, the hands she had pushed away, the heart she had spurned: these were the greatest debts she owed from her two lives.

Now, she opened her eyes once more.

She had returned to the spring when she was fifteen, on the eve of the spring banquet at the Marquis of Changxing’s residence. The startled horse had not yet sent an arrow flying, and there was still time to make up for every regret.

This time, she would not run away.

She would walk up to that prickly young man and tell him:

“Ye Xian, this time, I’ll be the one to find you.”