When Song Qingran was young and naive, she once fell in love with a eunuch.
She loved him so much she would have torn out her heart and placed it in his hands. But his endless suspicions put an end to everything. They grew further and further apart, and out of spite, she married a worthless man and threw her life away.
On the day she was to be married, she stopped him at the palace gate. Holding back her tears, she asked, "Brother Rui, do you have no regrets?"
He bowed slightly, his expression cold.
"I never truly loved you, so what is there to regret?"
She spent her whole life living in Liang Rui's shadow, longing for him and thinking of him until the end. At last, she died still yearning for him. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the year she came of age.
Looking at his beautiful, cold face, she swore she would never love Liang Rui again.
But later, he stopped the procession escorting her to the Northern Regions for a political marriage.
The usually taciturn Liang Rui's eyes were red, and his fingers gripped her sleeve so tightly they had gone white. "This servant regrets it."
The chief eunuch Liang Rui spent his life playing power games.
Only Liang Rui knew how long he had stood alone in the empty sleeping chamber, heartbroken, after Song Qingran's bridal procession left.
Three years after the princess married, her husband poisoned her. Liang Rui executed him in a rage, then spent years searching for her whereabouts. In the end, he met a miserable fate. When he opened his eyes again, he was back in the year Song Qingran turned fifteen.
Just like in their previous life, Song Qingran clutched his sleeve, her clear eyes glistening as she softly called, "Brother Rui."
His heart softened at once. He gently took her hand. "I'm here."
He had been given another life, only to repeat the same mistakes. This time, he didn't care if he had to bear the name of a treacherous eunuch.
Theme: Promote the right core values and build a harmonious society.