The Cuckoo at the Vermilion Gate

Not a story where both leads are each other's first and only love.

Both leads are reborn.

Obsessive Crown Prince × ruthless legitimate daughter.

In this life, either you die or I do.

In her previous life, Huang Qingyan married into the Eastern Palace and was sent to the afterlife with a cup of poisoned wine.

When she opened her eyes again, she was back four days before the selection of the Crown Princess. The frail, ailing daughter shed her docile facade and showed her sharp edge before her father. “I want to marry into the Eastern Palace.”

She married him. This time, she became the Crown Princess, while Li Wan was only a secondary consort.

But she soon realized she wasn't the only one reborn. In Zhu Huan's eyes, she saw a scrutiny and wariness that hadn't been there in her previous life. Who was the woman in his painting, the one who longed to return home? Why did he sit alone before the painting night after night after she drank the poisoned wine?

The imperial palace is a sea of intrigue. Li Wan's old grudge remains unresolved, while the Left Chancellor's daughter eyes her hungrily. She plans each step carefully; he feigns tenderness. Two hearts carrying memories of a past life tear at and draw toward each other amid vermilion walls and jade-green tiles, until the day their blades meet. Whoever falls first will be doomed beyond redemption.