Zhou Jibai brought an end to the age of chaos and unified the realm, only to die on the night before his enthronement.
Only after his death did he learn that he was merely the ultimate villain in a political intrigue novel, destined never to claim the throne.
When he opened his eyes again, he had become Yan Qing, a thirteen-year-old orphan in Luoxian Village.
Six years passed. Everyone knew that "Zixian" Yan Qing had a lover of three years who was doing big business in the capital.
Whenever letters of affection passed between them, or gifts and sums of money arrived, there was always someone eager to spread the news around the village.
With the wedding day fast approaching, Yan Qing went to the capital to get married. But he came back with a man covered in wounds and barely clinging to life.
The man's name was Zhou Jibai. He was not the wealthy lover from the rumors.
Yan Qing said this was his newlywed wife, who had already been entered into the household register as his spouse.
At the time, Zhou Jibai was only nineteen. His entire clan had been wrongfully slaughtered, he had been poisoned by a venomous parasite, and the unattainable white moonlight of his past had been sent to Baihua House to be auctioned off.
The powerful competed to bid, but the seller refused to bring down the hammer, until Yan Qing stepped forward.
He honored the seller as an elder at the wedding, bought Zhou Jibai for ten wen, and married him in a ceremony at Baihua House.
* Narcissistic romance, Yan Qing is the bottom.
* No political intrigue, marriage first, love later.
Theme: Even in death, never forget to love yourself.
