Reborn: The Phoenix Returns

[Blurb] Within a seemingly frail and helpless body dwells a ghost from the future. She is as cold as ice, aloof and sharp-tongued.

When she sees again the peerlessly handsome face she loathes to the core, she gives a cold smile and says to the man negotiating with her at the table, "Have someone destroy that hateful face, and I'll agree to your terms."

For the first time, a strange smile appears on his handsome face. "Are you jealous of his face, the most beautiful in the land?"

"Fine. It's a deal. I'll have him disfigured for you."

In the shadowy prince's manor, he coolly watches her fend off the concubines' schemes, never intervening, all to test her.

He and she are always on opposite sides: he is a loyal prince, while she is the daughter of a Grand Preceptor who holds power over the court and seeks to usurp the throne.

He is constantly on guard against her, but she remains unruffled.

On the luxurious bed draped in white gauze, he kisses her earlobe and breathes softly beside her ear. "Tell me, who are you?"

The man in blue, with ink-black hair, is as serene and refined as ever, a gentle smile always on his lips. He plays a blood-tearful melody, Phoenix Returns, and flecks of red plum blossom bloom across his blue robes, tragic and breathtakingly beautiful. The phoenix returns only for that single tear of true love.

After all the twists and turns, which matters more, the realm or the beauty? And how can hatred and vengeance ever be put to rest?

P.S. (The heroine is aloof; the hero is cunning.)

"I would give up everything just for you to turn around. If only you would look back, I would be behind you forever, never leaving." --- Mo Zixiao

"Mo Li, Mo Li, we will never part, in life or death." -- Bai Suyi

"May you live a joyful, worry-free life. I'll wait for you by the Bridge of Helplessness." --- Mo Li

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After an unexpected transmigration, chief forensic doctor Qing Zijin only wants to look after her family's butcher shop, eat her fill, and live to a ripe old age.

But fate has other plans. On a snowy night, a mysterious man gets entangled in her life.

Day One

Qing Zijin is slaughtering a pig when the man rolls up his sleeves. "I'll help you butcher pigs if you help me investigate a case. What do you say?"

Qing Zijin shakes her head and answers without hesitation, "No!"

Day Two

Qing Zijin is selling pork when the man rolls up his sleeves again. "I'll help you sell pork if you help me investigate a case. How about it?"

Qing Zijin frowns, about to refuse, when she sees Aunt Zhang from West Lane and Widow Li from the north end of the street staring lustfully at the man's face. They both say they'll buy an extra half-pound of meat.

Qing Zijin smiles, sets down her butcher knife, and says, "My lord, shall we discuss a partnership?"

From then on, the butcher shop has a special guest model. He doesn't slaughter pigs or sell meat; he just stands at the entrance to attract customers.

Meanwhile, Minister of the Court of Judicial Review Xie Junyue has a special female coroner by his side. Her face is veiled in white gauze, she reads the language of bones and clears wrongful convictions, and the butcher knife at her waist makes her astonishingly quick at solving cases.

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