In her previous life, Shen Nanqiao spent her million-tael dowry to help her husband pass the imperial exams and become the top scholar. In the end, he and her half-sister forced her to drink poisoned wine, then took the blood from her heart to use as medicine for her sister's child.
When she opened her eyes again, she was back on the day the marriages were being arranged. Her half-sister cried herself hoarse rather than marry the sickly Prince Regent rumored to bring death to his wives, and pushed Shen Nanqiao to take her place. Fine! The scumbag is yours. I'll take the death-bringing prince!
The whole capital waited to laugh as she met her end.
But can someone explain why the prince, rumored to be vicious and short-lived, who had supposedly brought death to three consorts, became impossible to shake off after she cured his chronic chill with a single acupuncture needle?
In public, he was a decisive, ruthless living King of Hell. Back at the residence, he tugged at her sleeve and pleaded softly, "Princess Consort, my chest hurts. I need acupuncture, and a kiss to make it better."
