In her previous life, Hua Qing relied on her status as the eldest princess to force Song Jie into marrying her. But her husband's heart was cold as iron, and his affectionless cruelty wounded her. Love turned to hatred, and she joined the factional struggle, becoming Song Jie's sworn enemy. If she couldn't be the cinnabar mole on his heart, then she'd be the thorn in it!
She never expected political struggles to be so brutal. Hua Qing's kingdom fell and her family was destroyed, while Song Jie became emperor. She was imprisoned in the desolate cold palace and died there.
Reborn, Hua Qing meets Song Jie ten years early, when he's still an eight-year-old toddler.
Hua Qing smiles sweetly and wheedles the emperor. "Father, I heard Song Ziling is a brilliant scholar. Qinqin would like to have him as her study companion."
This time, she's going to raise Song Jie into a good-for-nothing!
But as she raises him, Song Jie keeps running to the princess's chambers every day, grinning at her like a lovesick fool. What is going on?!
[Little Scene]
After the imperial banquet, Hua Qing sends word to the new top-ranked candidate, who was also her lover in her previous life: Meet me tonight at the princess's villa on Mount Nan.
Hua Qing takes extra care with her appearance. But when she arrives at the villa, the top-ranked candidate is nowhere to be seen. Instead, she finds the former third-place candidate, Song Jie, who missed first place only because he was too handsome.
"Since when did the princess have such poor taste?" Song Jie smiles gently, but Hua Qing feels a cold wind at her back.
That night, just as Hua Qing had tied him up on their wedding night in her previous life, Song Jie binds her to the bed and softly threatens her, biting her earlobe.
"If you want to keep a lover, what do you think of me, Qinqin?"
Theme: Marriages are fated by heaven.
