The Regent's Little Plum Blossom (Reborn)

[Blurb One]

Guan Qing worked hard day and night to support her husband while he studied. She never imagined that after he passed the imperial examinations, he would climb the social ladder and discard her as a burden. He gave her a bowl of "tonic," and she died suddenly of an illness.

At the Terrace of Looking Homeward, Guan Qing saw her life clearly. She wasn't a little beggar who had been taken in at all. She was the legitimate daughter of a marquis's household. Her mother came from the wealthiest family in Jiangnan, but someone had murdered her and her unborn child, seized her enormous dowry, and abandoned her only child among the common people, where she suffered endlessly.

The culprit had become a titled lady, her son the heir to the marquis's estate, and her daughter its legitimate heiress.

They had enjoyed a life of wealth and luxury by draining the blood of Guan Qing and her mother.

Overcome with grief and rage, Guan Qing felt her soul grow light. She thought she was about to enter the cycle of reincarnation again. But just as she was at a loss, she returned to the moment before her death. Her former husband stood there with a bowl in his hands and a malicious smile. "Guan Qing, drink your medicine."

Given a second life, Guan Qing resolved to take revenge and reclaim everything. Then she'd be free as the sky and sea, a happy rich woman traveling the world.

[Blurb Two]

Regent King Zhou Zhizheng was powerful, handsome, and admired by countless noblewomen. But he was cold, ruthless, and decisive, and never went near women.

Rumor had it that he'd been betrothed to his childhood friend, but the girl had gone missing more than ten years ago.

After Guan Qing returned to her family, every noblewoman in the capital lamented her bad luck. She was already another man's discarded wife, so naturally she wasn't worthy of becoming the regent's consort. Fortunately, she had enough self-respect not to cling to the prince and had wisely left.

No one expected that when the powerful regent heard the news, he would cast off his usual haughty composure and chase after her in a frenzy, his eyes blazing with the desperate love and hurt of a cornered beast. "We agreed you'd take back everything that was yours. How can you disregard our betrothal? I'm yours too. You have to take me, whether you want to or not."

Only then did everyone realize that the regent wasn't incapable of love. He'd simply given all his love to his childhood sweetheart.

Theme: Work hard at love, until the whole world is filled with it.