Xiao Shengyan was proud and aloof all her life. She rose to the rank of Grand Tutor, only to die at the hands of her least remarkable student, Gu Huai'an.
When she opened her eyes again, she had been reborn as the second daughter of the Minister of Personnel: the fiancée mocked by all of the capital, whom Gu Huai'an was about to break off his engagement with.
Xiao Shengyan: ???
Oh, so he murdered his teacher and now he thinks he's too good for her?
She laughed in fury. “This engagement isn't ending.”
She'd marry him! She absolutely had to!
She'd marry into his family, turn his household upside down, uncover the truth, and then send him to hell with her own hands!
And so, everyone in the capital knew:
The second daughter of the Shen family had suddenly become brilliant. Poetry, music, court politics: she handled them all with ease. Every so often, she revealed a bearing... uncannily like that of the late Grand Tutor.
She even dared to smile at the powerful Lord Gu, whose influence reached across the court, at a palace banquet and ask:
“Lord Gu, tell me. What is the proper punishment for a teacher-killer?”
Gu Huai'an grew more and more certain that something was wrong with his fiancée.
Her gaze was like hers, her tone was like hers, even the way she scolded him was like hers.
He should have hated her scheming, but again and again he indulged her, even... willingly stepping into this engagement.
Until he lifted her veil himself and spoke beneath the red wedding candles:
“Teacher, have you had enough? In this life, you can deceive me and use me however you like.”
“Just don't... die before me again.”
Theme: A powerful minister and his teacher, each step striking straight at the heart.
Thank heaven, thank earth, and thank you for your tireless work.