[No Rebirth] [No System] [No Transmigration] [No Brain-Dead Decisions] [Clear-Headed Heroine]
"If the heir lives, you live. If the heir..."
On her first day in the estate, Fu Xuezhi has her head forced down as the madam's attendant makes her swear a life-and-death pact.
During a famine, she is sold into the Duke of Ning's residence to serve as heir Lu Xu'an's "life-bound match."
All because a fortune-teller said, "A Water fate entering a Wood configuration brings prosperity to others, but not to oneself."
Everyone expects her to accept her fate.
Fu Xuezhi refuses. She doesn't compete for favor or act foolishly. She simply investigates the truth with a cold eye.
Her investigation unexpectedly uncovers the old case of the heir's premature birth. Someone wants the lives of the mother and son in the Duke of Ning's household, and that person's hand is hidden among the matriarch's attendants.
Years later, she grows into a graceful young woman. On an outing with Lu Xu'an, a rogue Taoist changes her fate recklessly in the middle of the street.
The words "A servant star hangs over you, while the phoenix's fate lies in your bones" drag her from the Duke's secluded estate into an even greater deadly power struggle.
The life pact binds the heir, but the game is after her life.
This time, Fu Xuezhi doesn't ask Heaven to change her fate. She breaks the game herself.
