Reborn to Marry My Ex's Arch-Enemy

The Second Male Lead Takes the Crown | Both Reborn | Marriage First, Love Later | Workaholic, Ambitious Heroine x Love-Struck Hero

Cui Mingying was born into a distinguished family and was peerless in both beauty and talent. By imperial decree, she married the First Prince, envied by all who witnessed the wedding.

The First Prince, Wei Ke, treated her well. He loved, pampered, and protected her. Naively, she thought she had found a good husband, never realizing it was all an act.

It wasn't until Wei Ke's sworn enemy, the Second Prince Wei Xun, a celebrated war hero, suddenly died of illness, and the emperor fell gravely ill, leaving Wei Ke in sole control of the court, that Wei Ke's true nature was revealed.

To win over the ministers and cement his power, Wei Ke surrounded himself with more and more women. He coldly watched as they ostracized and humiliated Cui Mingying, taking pleasure in her misery.

Cui Mingying begged her family for help, only to be told that Wei Ke was about to marry her younger sister. She was already a discarded pawn.

Despairing, Cui Mingying hanged herself in the newlyweds' chamber on the day Wei Ke married her sister.

Heaven took pity on her, and Cui Mingying was reborn at the palace banquet where she had been betrothed by imperial decree.

When the emperor asked if she had someone she loved, she did not lower her head shyly as she had in her previous life. Instead, she answered clearly, "The Second Prince is a hero among warriors. I have admired him for a long time."

Nearby, Wei Ke smiled and congratulated his younger brother, Wei Xun. Behind his back, his hand crushed his wine cup, blood running down his fingers.

After Cui Mingying got her wish and married Wei Xun, she thought it wouldn't be long before she could enjoy a comfortable life with money and power, but without a husband.

She never expected the husband she married in this life to be nothing like the Second Prince she remembered: a man who kept his distance from women, spoke little, and died young.

The curtains were warm, and the spring night was short.

Wei Xun's eyes shone as he watched Cui Mingying, her face flushed with desire. His tender gaze was so intense it seemed ready to swallow her whole.

"Mingying, do you... like this?"

"Mingying, look at me. Say my name."

"Mingying... Mingying... my wife..."

Wei Xun loved having Cui Mingying fall asleep with her head resting on his chest, lulled by the sound of his heartbeat.

Every beat of his heart was an unmistakable declaration of love for her.

Wei Xun's inner thoughts: I've wanted her for two lifetimes, and it took everything to finally marry her. I haven't even laid the world's finest things at her feet yet. How could I bear to die?

[The Men Compete for Her]

Ex: My love, I'll share my vast realm with you and make you empress!

Current husband: Mingying, I'll conquer the realm and give it to you, so you can be emperor.

[Reading Guide]

1. Both the heroine and hero are reborn. She stirs things up, and he hands her the knife. They are all about a wife leading and a husband following.

2. Romance-focused, with everyday-life scenes and just a little bit of amateur political intrigue.

3. The heroine and hero are responsible for all the sweetness. All the angsty heartbreak is left to a certain ex!

4. They are both each other's first and only partner in this life, and it's a one-on-one romance. The heroine isn't a domineering female lead, and this isn't a gender-bender romance, but she will become emperor.

Theme: Neither love nor career should be neglected.