[Dark, obsessive Zhang Sanfeng × composed, playful, teasing beauty]
Everyone says Jiang Yunke, the fourth daughter of Attendant Jiang, is stunningly beautiful.
Her beauty is breathtaking, her bearing graceful.
But Lin, the third son of the family she was betrothed to as a child, is sickly.
To climb to greater heights, Jiang Yunke stages a fall into a lake, ruining her reputation and ending the engagement.
But she fails to secure a better match and instead is given the empty title of princess and married off to Muguo.
A year later, at the bedside of Muguo's king, Zuo Qiu Huohong,
her brother-in-law Zuo Qiu Huoyan pretends he is going to take her by force, angering the king to death.
To stay alive, Jiang Yunke has no choice but to seduce the new King of Muguo, her sworn enemy, Zuo Qiu Huoyan.
Thus begins a six-month affair of obsessive entanglement.
He says he hates her, that throughout his nine years held hostage in Jinqi, he hated her every single day!
In the end, he lets his queen kill her.
The good news: she's reborn.
The bad news: she's already in the lake.
In this new life, she only wants to avoid the royal family's entanglements and marry that sickly man to change her fate.
Then, once the sickly man kicks the bucket, she'll become a wealthy widow and live a carefree life!
What she doesn't know is that Zuo Qiu Huoyan has also been reborn with his memories intact.
Not only does he scheme to sabotage her marriage, he also climbs into her bed in the middle of the night...
Until, with no one else around, he pins her chin in place, his gaze hazy.
"Why are you always avoiding me, sister-in-law?"
Reading guide:
1. 1v1, both leads have no prior romantic or sexual partners.
2. The male lead was held hostage for nine years. He's emotionally flawed, likes making harsh threats, and is all bark and no bite.
3. The heroine's death in her previous life was not ordered by the male lead.
4. Fictional history with many author-created details.
5. Romance-focused, with an even mix of wish fulfillment and angst.
(This was supposed to be a pre-written novel for a future release, but I accidentally started posting it. I'll write it as fast as I can.)
If you like it, leave a paw print, dear readers!
---- Blurb edited on 2026.3.22 ----
Theme: After the diseased tree comes a forest of spring growth.
