Meng Ruyi was born into the world from the womb, carrying memories of another life.
A modern soul had entered the body of the Duke of Zhenguo's legitimate daughter.
Her father doted on her, her mother spoiled her, and her brothers protected her as she grew up. She'd planned to lie flat and live a peaceful, happy life.
But she had forgotten: ancient times were a place that could devour you alive.
On New Year's Eve, an imperial decree came crashing down.
Three generations of loyalists were branded traitors, and the entire family was sentenced to death. In her first life, she chose to save people. No matter how skilled she was in medicine, she could only watch her whole family be executed, then die alongside them at the execution grounds.
In her second life, she hardened her heart. With poison and vines, she killed her way through the capital using a list of names, and finally sent the Son of Heaven to his grave with her own hands in the imperial study.
Beside the dragon throne stood the Seventh Prince, a man no one ever gave a second glance. He softly said to her, "Thank you."
But in that life, the Heavenly Dao showed her no mercy. She couldn't reach a happy ending. The sky and earth collapsed, and everything started over.
When she opened her eyes again, it was her third life, one year before her family's massacre.
She was preparing to grit her teeth and start over, when she met the complicated gazes of the people in the room. Her foolishly loyal father, softhearted mother, and impulsive brother had all retained their memories of the life in which their family was destroyed.
Fine. This time, she wouldn't fight alone.
Following the rules was the only way to avoid getting on the Heavenly Dao's bad side.
Meng Ruyi put away her killing intent. By day, she was a noblewoman and miraculous physician who saved lives; in secret, she was a master of both medicine and poison, painstakingly weaving a net to turn the tables across the capital.
Who could have guessed that the enemy's son would turn out to be an ally? Seizing the throne was truly justified.
