In her previous life, Ye Yun worked hard at music, chess, calligraphy, and painting so she could marry the Third Prince she adored. She was a celebrated talent in the capital.
Who could have guessed that an imperial edict would betroth her to Li Jin, the capital's most notorious playboy?
After their wedding, Ye Yun kept herself in check, managed the household, and held the Li residence together. She became a model for the noblewomen of the capital.
The two lived together in name only for six years, until Li Jin died of plague.
On the day of his funeral, as she watched the coffin being covered by earth, she clutched her late husband's memorial tablet, slipped, and fell headfirst onto the coffin boards in the grave, killing herself.
When she awoke, she had returned to six years earlier. Knowing she had only six years to live, she decided that this time she would no longer bind herself to being a demure, dignified young madam. She would simply live comfortably and as she pleased.
But in this life, her playboy husband seemed to have changed. He started attending diligently to government affairs and training hard...
Li Jin was of noble birth, and aside from not getting his way when it came to marriage, his life had been happy, successful, and smooth.
He died of illness far from home, only for his usually mild-mannered, taciturn wife to summon eight Taoist priests and call his soul back.
He floated around, gasping for breath, for an entire day and night. He never imagined that the hardships he'd escaped in life would catch up with him after death.
His soul circled the Li residence and drifted along with the funeral procession to the cemetery, following Ye Yun the whole way.
Watching her hold his memorial tablet, her expression unreadable, he suddenly felt a little dejected. Was she sad?
As he tried to guess what his wife was feeling, the cemetery suddenly descended into chaos. He heard a servant shout:
"Quick! The young madam has followed the young master!"
He was stunned. That woman had actually died for love over him???
So she really did love me that much.
After being reborn, Li Jin swore that in this life, he would give her everything and treat her well.
Theme: If you avoid hardship in life, you'll have to make up for it after death.
