Everyone else was terrified as they tried to soothe Xiao Jin, the violent, unhinged prince. Only Lin Nuannuan, a preschool teacher, treated the murderous prince like a three-year-old throwing a tantrum and coaxed him accordingly. A second-year university student doing an internship transmigrated into the body of an unloved concubine-born daughter of a marquis. The moment she opened her eyes, she was framed for the capital crime of damaging an imperial gift. Thanks to her sharp powers of observation, she cleared her name in front of everyone, but then became bound to a brutal emotional-soothing System: if her points ran out, she would be erased at once. The neighboring residence belonged to the infamous mad prince. One encounter between life and death bound their fates together with an unbreakable mental chain. On one side, danger lurked at every turn within the marquis's household, while an imperial decree forced her into marriage, sending her straight into the tiger's den. On the other was a possessive, bloodthirsty prince, covered in old wounds, whose life, injuries, and death were all tied to hers. She didn't use medicine. She used the old-fashioned way of soothing children: first, accept his anger, then let him say what he needs to say himself. He'd killed more people than she could count on one hand, and he'd tried to kill her three times. Not once had he gone through with it. He never said he was sorry. He just had someone deliver a bottle of medicine and ask, "Has the mark on your neck faded yet?" A sand table was set up in the main hall. Nanny Zhao fell, the legitimate elder sister's plans fell apart, and Lin Nuannuan took apart the marquis household's decades-old rules one piece at a time. Lin Nuannuan only wanted to keep her head down and stay alive, but she ended up becoming the unhinged prince's only salvation. She'd calculated for everyone but herself. On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the Third Prince's carriage stopped at the gate. She was the only piece left alive on this chessboard.
Theme: Even when mired in hardship, use wisdom and courage to turn the tables. Heal the wounds of childhood with understanding and respect, and show the power of love and companionship through a mutual journey of redemption.
