In her previous life, Ji Ying married the Third Prince, whom she had fallen for at first sight, and helped him ascend the throne. Yet on the very day the new emperor was enthroned, the entire Prince of Zhennan's household was executed for treason, and Ji Ying was sent to the cold palace, stripped of her title as empress.
Years passed in misery. Just as Ji Ying was about to waste away, the foreign youth her father had brought back from the battlefield transformed into a regent who had usurped the throne and murdered the emperor. He imprisoned her in a dark chamber, asking her day after day why she refused to love him.
Reborn in the year she came of age, Ji Ying looks at the little wolf cub curled up in the corner, not even as tall as she is, and gives him a curious look.
With her keeping a close eye on him, the dark and twisted villainous child gradually grows into a refined gentleman, as bright and serene as the moon. He distinguishes himself time and again on the battlefield, with a brilliant future ahead.
At last, Ji Ying feels reassured and prepares to accept the marriage her family has arranged for her.
But her usually gentle and composed adopted younger brother goes mad for the first time, and Ji Ying finds herself locked in a dark room again.
When two identical faces, different in age, appear before her, Ji Ying is completely dumbfounded.
...Wait, why are there two villains?!
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Ji Wenqi was a stray dog belonging to the Prince of Zhennan's household. He was meant to fall into ruin and wallow in the mud forever, but a pair of soft, boneless hands pulled him up.
He watched helplessly as the moon in his heart died before his eyes. When he opened them again, he saw his beloved as a young woman, and himself as a child.
He wants Ji Ying so desperately he's going mad. After putting on a mask, he uses every means possible to gather power and does everything in his power to pave her way, only to hear that she plans to marry someone else.
That day, the demons finally tore away their disguise of innocence: “...A Ying, isn't it enough for you to have just one dog, me?”
