The day Ling Heng died, the whole capital watched and laughed.
The eldest legitimate daughter of the Duke of Dingguo's household, she was breathtakingly beautiful, and everyone thought she was a useless ornament. Her sworn enemy pushed her from a high tower, supposedly killing her in the fall. When she opened her eyes on the pyre, she realized that someone else had occupied her body for three years.
During those three years, "she" squandered the family fortune, stirred up the court, became entangled with the Seventh Prince, and fell obsessively in love with someone she could never have. In the end, she was slowly drained of life until she died.
Mu Lingheng climbed off the pyre and dusted off her sleeves. With my face, this is how you lived?
The score must be settled one debt at a time. The hand that pushed her from the tower, the bowl that fed her slow-acting poison, the scheme that used her as a pawn: not one of them will escape.
There is just one problem: an imperial edict from the late emperor has made her the Ninth Prince's side consort. Rumor has it that the Ninth Prince is an idle prince robbed of the throne, a man who hides a blade behind his smile and is impossible to fathom.
They agree on three rules and each gets what they need. Later, she learns that he has watched over the "changed her" for many years.
"Aren't you afraid I'm a fake too?"
"A fake wouldn't ask if I'm afraid."
In this life, the vase holds no water. It holds a blade.
From the Duke's household to the Ninth Prince's residence, from the Golden Throne Hall to the phoenix throne, she steps over everyone who looked down on her and climbs higher, one step at a time.
If I am to live for myself, I will never die in such a pathetic way.
(Strong Female Lead Power Fantasy | Two Strong Leads Working Together | Marriage First, Love Later | Household and Palace Intrigue | Ensemble of Women | Face-Slapping in the Early Stages, Power Struggles Later | Happy Ending)
