[Reborn once, she only wants to stab the regent to death. Then she discovers he’s been reborn too.] #BothReborn #Regent #ComingOfAgeRomance #PowerCouple #PastAndPresentLives #ChasingHisWifeToTheCrematorium #SweetRomance #EmperorAndEmpressStandTogether
In my previous life, Regent Shen Yan pushed me onto the throne as his scapegoat, then died at Yanhuai Pass. I was executed by lingchi and hated him for an entire cycle of reincarnation.
Reborn at thirteen, I’m in the mourning hall when he bends down to help me. “Yuanxi, I’ll protect you.”
A dagger in my sleeve presses against his waist. Imperial Uncle, let’s see if I trust you this time.
He personally teaches me strategy, swordsmanship, and how to read people’s hearts.
Day and night, I copy out lists and lay secret plans, waiting for him to slip up.
Until my coming-of-age ceremony, when he breaks the imperial decree in front of the entire court and carries me away:
“The princess I raised can only marry me.”
On our wedding night, the poison needle in my sleeve is coated with hemlock.
But he only removes my phoenix coronet. “You’re too young. I’m in no hurry.”
Sitting alone through the night, I see it all: pink curtains fill the room, sweet orange scents the air, and dried osmanthus pillows lie on the bed. Every detail is something I once casually mentioned liking in my previous life.
He also keeps a blood-stained letter from Yanhuai Pass hidden in his sleeve:
“If I do not return, protect the princess and take her south.”
So in my previous life, he hadn’t abandoned me.
He had saved the only path to survival for me.
Later, when he leaves the city to muster troops, I guard the city wall for three days and nights.
The instant the rebel army breaks through the gates, the thunder of hooves sounds in the distance
Covered in blood, he vaults over the sandbags and grips my hand.
“Three days. I’m back.”
Shen Yan, in this life,
I’ll sit beside you on the dragon throne and guard your city with you.
If you dare go off to die alone again,
I’ll chase you all the way to the underworld.
