In the Kingdom of Nanwei, during the reign of Emperor Tianzhen, Ying Lianyue was the eldest daughter of the Grand General of Zhongyuan. Everyone said she had nothing but beauty, knew nothing of music, chess, calligraphy, or painting, and was an ill-mannered fool. Yet she had an identity everyone envied: the emperor had personally chosen her to be a prince's consort.
In her previous life, she hid in a Daoist temple to avoid marriage and save her younger brother, keeping herself apart from the world for more than ten years.
In that life, she watched her younger sister, Ying Aining, marry into the imperial family, never knowing that the second prince, Xin Nanzhi, was a madman who had murdered his father and brothers. In the end, an imperial decree ordering the execution of her entire clan sent her, too, to her death, though she was far away at the temple. As she lay dying, she saw the soul of a young man sobbing in utter anguish, clinging desperately to her and refusing to fade away.
Who was he? How could Ying Lianyue not remember him?! It was the seventh prince, Xin Zhike, the one who was "said" to be the least favored!
Why was he crying so desperately? He looked so pitiful. Ying Lianyue couldn't imagine when she had ever had any connection to him.
Under the Lantern of Rebirth, souls return to life. The past must be settled in the past. She remembered her master, who had said she still had unfinished worldly ties. It turned out to be true.
When she opened her eyes again, she was eighteen once more.
At the pond in Cizhen Temple, Ying Lianyue fished out a soaking wet little crybaby and ruffled his hair. "Don't be afraid. Big Sis is here. This time, no one will bully us!"
The little crybaby clutched her sleeve, his eyes red as he begged her to stay with him and light a lantern for his "aunt." He didn't know that once she went with him, she would stay for the rest of her life.
This time, she would no longer hide from the world.
However, she discovered that things weren't as simple as they seemed. Hadn't he always been the most favored one? What was going on?!
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1. A two-life romance between a little crybaby and a little Daoist.
2. Fate brings us together. See you around the jianghu~
