Stealing Someone's Lover After Being Reborn

Dual Rebirth + Stealing the Groom, with a Twist + A Power Couple

General Shen Xuanzhe, the empire's pillar, died on the battlefield. To clear her late husband's name, Shen Qingyuan endured public humiliation, was accused of treason, and ultimately hanged herself in the bridal chamber where she had once lived as his wife. Before she died, she swore that in her next life she would protect the Shen family and make their enemies pay in blood.

Reborn in an instant, Shen Qingyuan found herself in the body of Su Ruanyu, the frail, timid daughter of the Censor-in-Chief. The moment she opened her eyes, she saw her former self sharing a tender moment with Shen Xuanzhe. And the occasion was none other than the banquet where Shen Xuanzhe was about to propose to Su Ruanyu.

To avoid the tragedy of her previous life, she forced down her feelings. She pretended to be sickly while secretly helping Shen Xuanzhe evade political traps, and deliberately tried to bring him and her original self, Shen Qingyuan, together.

But as she watched her former self repeatedly get into trouble through sheer innocence, she remembered the officials who had kicked her while she was down in her past life. Her determination to bring the two together began to waver.

Meanwhile, Shen Xuanzhe, also reborn, grew suspicious of this ailing young lady, who could be sharp one moment and decisive the next, and whose little habits seemed so familiar.

At a palace banquet, Shen Qingyuan's former self nearly got Shen Xuanzhe killed, while her old enemies publicly humiliated Su Ruanyu.

The humiliation and fury Shen Qingyuan had held inside finally erupted. She refused to back down any longer. Drawing on the power of the Su family and Shen Xuanzhe's former subordinates, she urged the emperor to secure the army's loyalty through a political marriage, forcing him to decree that she marry Shen Xuanzhe. Thus began her scandalous act of stealing the groom.

On their wedding night, the red candles flickered. Shen Qingyuan had prepared herself for his coldness, but Shen Xuanzhe clutched her hand, his eyes reddening. "Qingyuan, thank goodness it was you after all."

It turned out that he, too, had been reborn, and had already recognized her through the way she protected him and her familiar habits.

From then on, they dropped their pretenses. Drawing on memories of her past life, Shen Qingyuan navigated the capital and gathered evidence of the emperor's and her enemies' crimes. Shen Xuanzhe worked both inside and outside the court, consolidating his military power and protecting his family.

Together, they overcame one crisis after another, made the family of Shen Qingyuan's former self pay for their interference, and exposed the emperor's plot to discard those who had outlived their usefulness. They then placed a wise prince on the throne.

In the end, Shen Xuanzhe surrendered part of his military authority and spent the rest of his life with Shen Qingyuan, living in peace in a prosperous age.

Theme: No distance can separate those who are meant to be.