On the day Su Wanrou was sentenced to death in the Cold Palace, she thought back over her life: from an illegitimate daughter of the Minister of Rites' household to Princess Consort of Prince Jing, and finally to empress, the most exalted woman in the realm. She had spent half her life playing the role of a gentle, understanding flower, only to receive this verdict from Xie Heng: "Jealous and power-hungry. Leave her corpse intact."
When she opened her eyes again, she was fifteen, three months before the day she fell into the water. In this life, she vowed never to enter the palace, never to repeat her past mistakes, and to use what she knew from her previous life to secure a life of freedom and prosperity.
But Xie Heng, who was not supposed to "meet" her until three months later, appeared at a poetry gathering ahead of time. His gaze complicated, he asked, "Miss, have we met before?"
Su Wanrou did not know that Xie Heng had also been reborn, though his memories were incomplete. All he remembered was the indifferent gaze of a woman in purple as she died in his dream, and the remorse he felt at the end of his life as he clutched her old hairpin. He wanted to find her, though he did not know why.
And so, a battle of wits between two master strategists quietly began:
She deliberately kept her distance, while he closed in step by step;
She tried to attach herself to a rising star, while he undermined her plans at their source;
She used retreat to advance, while he played along with her schemes.
But not everything is set in stone.
Theme: Love is not possession or control. It is the courage to embrace each other even after seeing every dark side. Being reborn is not about reliving hatred, but about rewriting the tragic ending with your own hands.
