On the day the execution-ground drums sounded, her half-sister clutched the marquis's household network register that she had handed over herself, while her fiance held up the confession accusing the Lu family of treason. "Lu Lingyi, the Lu family was in our way. You deserved to die."
When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to her coming-of-age ceremony. The marriage contract was unsigned, and her father and brothers were still safe and well.
Everyone said the marquis's legitimate daughter was gentle and easy to manipulate. None of them knew that inside her body lived a soul returned from the bloodied execution ground.
Her half-sister wants to ruin her reputation at a banquet? She exposes her secret dealings with stewards from another household in front of everyone!
The scoundrel wants to use their engagement to seize the Lu family's resources? She sends him a letter breaking off the engagement and tears away his gentlemanly facade before the crowd!
The regent, whom everyone avoids, visits in the dead of night, his gaze dark. "Miss Lu, would you like to turn this rotten game upside down with me?"
She lifts the corner of her mouth and answers calmly. "Fine, but everything the Lu family is owed must be repaid, one debt at a time."
She thinks it's only a deal, and that everyone with power is out to use her. But at one perilous moment after another, she sees the cold, ruthless demon redden his eyes for her. "Lu Lingyi, you're the one person I'll be done in by for the rest of my life."
Theme: A female-oriented rebirth historical romance.
