[Hopes her ex-husband dies | Strictly follows the rules of propriety | Noblewoman] x [Convinces himself she's in love with him | Wild and uninhibited | Imperial grandson]
[Two men vie for her; possessive, forceful pursuit]
Grand Madam Cui passed away at the age of eighty and returned to the Yellow Springs.
Looking back on her life, all she had ever wanted was "peace and stability."
But her first husband, Imperial Grandson Li He, was the most irreverent man in the capital, making every day a nerve-racking ordeal.
Fortunately, two years into their marriage, her husband dropped dead. She breathed a secret sigh of relief: Thank the Bodhisattva, at last, some peace and quiet!
So she married a second time.
Her second husband really was almost too "peaceful." After they married, he never touched her, sparing her the "uncertainty" of giving birth. He was the ideal husband.
Who could have guessed that she would close her eyes and open them again, only to find herself back more than sixty years in the past?
"The young madam is awake!"
What young madam? She was already a grand madam!
"Cui Miaomiao, you're even more timid than a mouse, hahaha..."
Her name was clearly Cui Lingyi!
The brazen, arrogant grin beside her bed belonged to the very devil she least wanted to remember from her life:
"Li He?!"
Grand Madam Cui was distraught: Heaven as her witness, she had been perfectly satisfied with her life. There was no need to live it over again!
Following her ex-husband meant either prison today or a storm of arrows tomorrow. Miaomiao spent every day on edge, counting down to her ex-husband's death and hoping her peaceful second husband would appear soon.
But whenever she saw him on the brink of death, she would tear up with joy, only for him to survive yet again!
After two years, her ex-husband was not only still alive, he returned victorious from the border, was made a commandery prince, and became a rising star.
Her second husband had already appeared, so why wasn't he dead yet?!
Imperial Grandson Li He was unmatched with both sword and brush, fiery-tempered, and utterly indifferent to propriety. He was the most dazzling young man in the capital.
Yet the imperial edict betrothed him to the most rigid daughter of the Cui family.
She was breathtakingly beautiful, just sixteen, yet as gloomy as an old woman and as stiff as an ancestral tablet.
He had thought he might as well keep an ancestral tablet at home.
Then one day, she threw herself in front of a hidden arrow to save him. When she lay there, barely breathing, he realized she loved him to the depths of her soul, and his heartstrings were thrown into disarray.
Miaomiao: ???
1. Both leads are reborn into their younger selves, and both are virgins.
2. The female lead and the second male lead are reborn; the male lead is not.
3. This is not a female-power fantasy. Because of her childhood experiences, the female lead adheres to propriety to an almost pathological degree. Please don't criticize my girl.
4. The male lead is a delinquent in the early chapters and is a real jerk, so feel free to criticize him. Later, he becomes a doting husband.
5. Mostly lively, sweet romance, with political intrigue for added fun.
Theme: Loving you once more
