The Swallow Returns to the Clouds

My dreams shattered in the dead of night;

I woke to find I still lived.

I made a blade of my bones,

And painted my face red with blood.

The bleak wind blew through the late night.

I longed to lay bare a thousand tangled thoughts;

A sudden rain fell on the sparse paulownia trees.

Old grudges were laid to rest,

And we shared a deep love,

Rekindling the love we once held.

Yun Wenshu, daughter of the Grand Secretary, suffered defeat at every turn in her past life in her struggle against her stepmother. After marrying into a marquis's household as his second wife, she was manipulated until she and her husband grew estranged. She thought her life had ended in the dead of night, when she died in childbirth, but when she opened her eyes, she had returned to her youth. If her heart wasn't hard enough, she would temper it; if her methods weren't ruthless enough, she would sharpen them. This time, she would seize every advantage and weave her plans carefully. She would make her enemies suffer worse than death, bring glory to her family, secure a bright future for her younger brother, and become a cold and unyielding woman herself...