Rewriting the Matchmaker's Tale

An accident sends Xie Xunshu tumbling from her horse. The fall itself is no big deal, but it sends her dreaming of her past life. In her previous life, she worked diligently as an official, yet was repeatedly framed by others. She set up a fortune-telling stall to earn some extra money, and that was how she met Prince An, Li Xiaoxu. He called them kindred spirits, yet he had no choice but to accept that from the moment she was born, she had been destined to become the Crown Prince’s secondary consort. He led a coup for her. After it failed, he was sentenced to drink poisoned wine that would kill him slowly. On the seventh day after his death, she wore mourning clothes and died against his coffin in the mourning hall. They were not buried together as she had expected, and the entire Xie family fell into ruin as a result. Since she’s been given another chance at life, she’ll do everything she wanted to do in her previous life. She’ll protect the Xie family, and she’ll marry Li Xiaoxu. To hell with being the Crown Prince’s secondary consort. She only wants to be Li Xiaoxu’s legal wife, his one and only. The Male Lead’s Story As the empress’s second son, Li Xiaoxu has had a harder life than an ordinary family’s child. He was born with a congenital poison and has been sickly since childhood. When he was born, the empress lost her mind after a family tragedy. His elder brother, the Crown Prince, blamed him for everything and called him a jinx. Once, when the Crown Prince was insulting him, Xie Xunshu protected him. Gradually, he fell for her, a woman whose eloquence in court was unmatched. But why was she weeping bitterly the first time he saw her after she came of age? What had he done wrong? He hadn’t done anything at all. [Story begins at 9 p.m. on September 16, 2023] < > Reading notes and content warnings >>>>> If you like the author, click below to support her ↓↓↓ < >< > Theme: Love goes both ways, and brings warmth and salvation