Yixiu Reborn: I Won’t Be the Fourth Prince’s Wife, I’ll Marry Nian Gengyao

Qing Dynasty rebirth · household and palace intrigue · sisterly rivalry · undercurrents of power · the cold-faced general Nian Gengyao · a clash of equals

This time, Yixiu will stop fighting for it. She will personally help Ruoze claim the empress's throne she once dreamed of, so her sister can discover what lies behind all that glory. As for Yixiu, she will be nothing more than a gloomy younger half-sister who quietly exits the stage: safe, innocent, and forever in the shadows.

She wields “devotion” as a blade and “yielding” as a chess piece, planning every move with care. Just as in her previous life, Ruoze sets out on the path to Fourth Prince; and just as before, Fourth Prince falls in love with his legitimate elder sister at first sight. No one knows that Yixiu has calculated every part of it.

Until the spring hunt at Nanyuan, when a black tiger suddenly charges toward the imperial procession.

Having foreseen the danger, Yixiu arranges for Fourth Prince to receive the credit for saving the emperor. But in doing so, she draws herself into an even greater game. Nian Gengyao, who saves the emperor before his very eyes, publicly asks for her hand in marriage, and Kangxi personally grants her the title of Lady of Jiahe. Everyone thinks she has lost, to Ruoze and to fate.

Only Yixiu knows the truth: Fourth Prince's tacit approval of her marriage to Nian Gengyao is like gently setting down a chess piece; Nian Gengyao's proposal is a wild wolf recognizing one of its own. And she intends to be the one who truly holds the knife.

Ruoze thinks Yixiu can never reach Fourth Prince now. Fourth Prince thinks she has accepted her fate.

Yixiu smiles.

This game is far from over.