Peonies Charm the Emperor's Heart (Reborn)

In her previous life, Ning Ziyun gave her heart to the wrong person, and her reward was a leap from the city wall.

As she fell, she saw the dark figure atop the wall gently cover his beloved's eyes, afraid the gruesome sight of her death might upset her.

When she opened her eyes again, she was back on the day she had been framed. She put away her love and devoted herself to escaping the prison of the imperial palace.

*

Years into their marriage, rumors spread through the palace that Emperor Anjing had fallen out of favor with his empress. When he heard them, he dismissed them with a scoff.

That was until the day of a palace banquet, when he saw his empress chatting and laughing with the hostage prince from long ago, her smile radiant.

Only then did he realize that at some point, the woman before him had changed. Her long black hair flowed to her waist, and her beauty was dazzling. She had become the woman he longed for but could never touch again.

*

He Lin had watched her fall from the city wall with his own eyes. In that moment, the stars in his eyes went dark too.

“Ningning, they treated you like dirt. Only I know that you were meant to bloom like the fiercest peony in the darkest night. This time, don't look back. I'll take you home.”

But do you know that the peony, for all its beauty, is deadly poisonous?

[Reader's Guide]

① The leads are each other's only partners in both their past and present lives. Read with confidence.

② The hero was once the Crown Prince of Qin.

③ Emperor Anjing's attempts to win back the heroine end in failure.

④ After some thought, I decided to write a bit about their past life first, then move on to her rebirth. Most of the chapters before the paywall cover her life before being reborn; after the paywall, the story follows her rebirth.

⑤ The blurb combines elements from her past life and her rebirth.

Blurb screenshot archived on 2026.04.11

Theme: Treasure what you have. By the time you come to your senses, it may be too late.