[I]
Jian Sirao had lived with her uncle's family since she was seven. In the year she came of age, she learned that her mother, who had vanished for many years, had married Prince Yunxian and become his princess consort. Her stepfather's eldest son brought her into the manor, where she was added to the family register.
Her mother did everything she could to make it up to her, and her stepfather loved her dearly out of affection for her mother. No one in the manor dared disrespect her, except... her stepfather's eldest son, Huo Linyuan.
Huo Linyuan was cold, grim, and stern. Jian Sirao feared him more than anyone. She had burst into tears the first time they met, but the way he looked at her grew more and more unsettling...
Later, Jian Sirao married into the palace and became the Crown Princess. Then Huo Linyuan rebelled and usurped the throne from her husband, turning Jian Sirao into a bird in his gilded cage.
He said, "I want the empire, but I want you even more."
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Jian Sirao loved the Crown Prince wholeheartedly, but after she entered the palace, he doted on the woman he had loved for years, his unattainable white moonlight. She grew more and more despondent, and when she was on the verge of dying from illness, Huo Linyuan stormed into the Eastern Palace and took her, a woman her husband had already discarded, into his arms. Later, he cherished her in the palm of his hand and made her Empress.
Yet she still feared him and wanted nothing to do with being his empress. In the end, she neglected her duties and died.
At the moment of her death, she saw Huo Linyuan's eyes redden. He seemed nearly mad, his hands trembling as he held her...
Suddenly, she wasn't afraid of him anymore. Her heart hurt.
After death, Jian Sirao discovered that she had been reborn in the year she had just come of age...
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Reborn, Jian Sirao looked at her still youthful reflection in the mirror and gripped the hairpin in her hand. Crown Princess? No, thank you. She wanted to be Huo Linyuan's wife!
She didn't care whether she could become empress someday. All that mattered was that Huo Linyuan would be hers in this life.
She hoped that she and Huo Linyuan could both live a more carefree life this time.
[II]
In his previous life, Huo Linyuan had loved Jian Sirao deeply, but she had never once spared him a glance before she died.
Reborn, he didn't want to force her anymore. He wanted to stay far away from her, too. But as soon as she was brought into the manor, she gave him a sweet smile and called out in a clear voice, "Big Brother."
One day, she went with her younger sister to the eastern market to buy candy figures. When she returned, she gathered up her skirt and ran over to him, her cheeks flushed as she looked up. "Big Brother, would you like a candy figure?"
Huo Linyuan's heart, hopeless as ever, fell for her all over again...
[Both leads are reborn] [Growing-up romance] [Second male lead's redemption arc] [Extra sweet]
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Theme: Keep trying a little harder, and you can see the rainbow
