Su Yanci drank the secret poison and died with hatred in his heart. Before he died, he carved a blood curse against Xiao Jinheng, the regent who held power over the entire court.
When he awoke, he had returned to the second year of Jing Shuo, before the tragedy ever happened.
At the time, Xiao Jinheng was gravely ill with a cold parasite. Whenever its poison flared, he turned violent and lost control, and not one imperial physician could help him.
Carrying the blood-soaked memories of his family’s slaughter, Su Yanci willingly entered the regent’s man-eating residence.
In his previous life, he was a caged bird trapped behind high walls, forced to watch his family fall and his own life end in disgrace.
In this life, he had his family’s secret healing arts at his disposal, along with fragmentary memories of his former life.
He would feign cooperation and proceed with care, all to protect his family and uncover the long-buried injustice behind that massacre.
Yet the mad prince, cold-blooded and merciless in the eyes of the world, repeatedly put his own body between Su Yanci and danger.
“Su Yanci, you can hate me, but you’re not allowed to gamble with your life.”
As fragments of memory fell away, the hidden conspiracy slowly came to light.
Only then did Su Yanci realize that the calamity that befell his family had never been the fault of one person alone.
Hatred and kindness entwined, vengeance and love impossible to sever.
When the smoke of love and hate spanning two lifetimes finally cleared, he no longer had to run.
