When the Chancellor's residence was raided and confiscated, Mu Sheng had already prepared herself to die.
But that night, she was secretly taken out of the Court of Judicial Review and delivered in a sedan chair to Prince Chen's residence, where she became the prince's only concubine.
Early the next morning, Prince Chen, Zhao Xun, pointed to the memorial tablet on the table and ordered her to kneel.
“Wan'er is my wife, and you're a concubine. Serve tea to Wan'er.”
Mu Sheng looked at the name on the tablet, her expression complicated.
When had she married him?
Mu Sheng transmigrated into a book. As required by the System, she became the villain's childhood love, showing him warmth and care and thawing his heart after the world's bullying had left it frozen, so that the tragedy of one man slaughtering an entire city would never happen again.
She diligently completed her mission and deliberately died at the hands of the vicious supporting female character. She thought the mission was done and she could move on to the next world, but when she opened her eyes again, she was still here.
As it happened, she had become the vicious supporting female character who accidentally killed Zhao Xun's childhood love.
Mu Sheng: This is awkward.
In the original story, Zhao Xun hated Mu Sheng for the death of his childhood love, yet kept appearing before her because her face bore a three-part resemblance to the dead woman.
Zhao Xun: “Mu Sheng, you're only a substitute. You'll never replace her. Don't indulge in wishful thinking.”
Later, Zhao Xun climbed over her wall night after night, crouched by the window, and asked softly,
“Shengsheng, when will I be allowed a little wishful thinking? Even just a little?”
When Zhao Xun was young, he loved someone so deeply that he wanted to lay the very best things in the world before her.
Later, she died, and the light in his eyes went out with her. His world remained engulfed in darkness.
But one day, his light returned.
He resented her for leaving without a word and wanted to torment her every day, yet he loved her even more deeply and couldn't bear to lay a finger on her.
Reader's guide:
#Substitute trope# #Chasing the wife to the crematorium# #Over-the-top melodrama#
The childhood love and the cinnabar mole are both the female lead.
She completes her mission in the early part, with no feelings. After spending time together in the later part, they fall in love.
Blurb written on 2021.12.6
Theme: Live well and stay passionate forever.