1. The male lead is reborn; the female lead is not.
2. The male lead is not truly a treacherous official, and the emperor is not truly incompetent. The female lead did not cause the male lead's death in his previous life.
3. This is a fictional setting. By author's design, the leads have only ever been with each other in both lives.
In her previous life, Tan Wenyu truly believed He Sui was a delicate, helpless young lady.
The daughter of an outside woman, she had been kept hidden at an estate for fourteen years. Rumor had it that she was raised to be soft and tender. With the emperor choosing consorts, Yu Daoping couldn't bear to send away the other girls he'd raised by his side, so he brought He Sui in and gave her some instruction, intending to send her into the harem to serve the lecherous, incompetent ruler, who was well past fifty.
It wasn't anything unusual, but the sight of the young girl crying as she came to him in the middle of the night truly softened his heart.
"I remember how kind the general has been to me..."
Her sweet, gentle voice put General Tan in high spirits. He prepared a mansion and bought up shops, ready to hide his lovely mistress away in a gilded cage.
That is, until he set out on campaign in the north and was betrayed and killed.
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When He Sui saw Tan Wenyu's portrait, she lifted a slender finger and said to her companions, "Look, this corrupt, treacherous official who consorts with powerful in-laws. His Majesty ordered me to take his head. He's rather handsome, isn't he?"
She was one of the twelve covert agents personally trained by the emperor. She had gone to great lengths to take the place of the illegitimate daughter of the Anlu Earl's household and get close to Tan Wenyu.
...But things didn't seem to be going as she'd expected.
On the first day, he was away all night for discussions about the southern border.
On the second day, he opened the door and handed her only a bowl of nourishing soup.
He Sui couldn't help feeling that her husband was rather different from the man she'd heard about.
Theme: Even when cornered, never give up hope of living.
Come on! Sprinkle flowers ~
Wow, I thought my eyes were dazzled, so let's spread the flowers, it's a great success