Reborn to Marry My Ex-Husband's Royal Uncle

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Preview: Guan Mingyue, the legitimate daughter of Prince Yong'an's household in the capital, is breathtakingly beautiful, born to a life of luxury and doted on by her parents. As soon as she comes of age, she becomes the empress of Chu Wangshu.

But everyone says she forced her way into the position by relying on her family's power. Chu Wangshu loves her cousin, not her.

To prove herself worthy of the position, Guan Mingyue sets aside her spoiled nature and learns to be cautious in everything, gradually becoming dignified and steady.

Unfortunately, no matter how hard she tries, Chu Wangshu remains cold toward her, and all the capital's noble families laugh at her behind her back.

Her cousin, on the other hand, seems to be loved by everyone, no matter what she does. Even Chu Wangshu treats her differently.

The day before her cousin is to enter the palace, Guan Mingyue finally snaps. She throws the imperial seal to the ground and declares, "Whoever wants to be empress can have the job. I'm done!"

Chu Wangshu, Emperor Wenwu of Great Chu, is peerlessly handsome, accomplished in both letters and arms, and skilled in the art of rulership. He is cold-hearted and indifferent.

The empress he wanted was always supposed to be like the Guan Mingyue of today: dignified and composed, not the naive, childish girl she used to be.

That was what he had always believed.

Until a great fire engulfed Kunning Palace, and Empress Guan Mingyue perished in the flames.

All of Great Chu knows that the emperor disliked the empress most of all. If she died, then so be it.

But no one expected that when he learned of Guan Mingyue's death, this dignified, aloof emperor would go mad and rush into the sea of flames to find her.

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No one knew that Sun Yuwan, daughter of a fifth-rank deputy minister, had offered herself to Crown Prince Li Weichuan.

A deputy minister's daughter was not worthy of becoming crown princess, but after Sun Yuwan saw His Highness just once, she gave him her whole heart and could never take it back.

She loved him with all her heart. When he was poisoned, she personally tested the medicine for him. Though she trembled all over from the pain, one look from him was enough to make her forget it.

Even though she disliked how often His Highness smiled at his cousin, when the fire swept toward them, she instinctively shielded the cousin, making sure she wasn't hurt at all.

Once Weichuan knew, he would surely see how good and sincere she was.

Only when Sun Yuwan was lying on her bed, nearly dying from the pain, did she learn that Li Weichuan had sought an imperial decree to marry his cousin.

She had accompanied him without title or status, seen the mountains and rivers with him, and endured long, painful days and nights. Yet she had still become the one stain on his life.

She was never meant to see the light of day.

The crown prince's wedding filled the entire imperial capital with celebration. Perhaps the emperor was happy too, because he publicly bestowed the title of Commandery Princess Yong'an upon Sun Yuwan.

But no one came to receive the honor.

A eunuch hurried over and reported that Sun Yuwan had died in agony from her burns the previous night.

Everyone saw the usually stalwart crown prince go weak in the knees, unable even to run.

He fell to the ground, seeming to have lost his mind, murmuring only, "No, she can't be dead. How could someone as lowborn and tough as her die?"

Story blurb:

Chu Huidong was born into a distinguished family. As beautiful as a pear blossom on the water, she was unmatched in her elegance. Betrothed to the crown prince, with the Chu family serving as Qi Xiao's right-hand support, she was destined to become empress.

But who could have known that the crown prince loved his delicate, charming cousin instead? After making use of Chu Huidong, he left the Chu family utterly ruined.

Reborn before she had married Qi Xiao, Chu Huidong watches coolly as his cousin puts on a sorrowful, tender expression and Qi Xiao gazes at her with deep affection.

If that's what they want, then she will grant their wish. She won't marry him!

Qi Xiao thinks the spoiled and willful Miss Chu is just throwing another tantrum, like she always does. Surely she'll come crawling back to him. After all, he has been the only one in her eyes ever since she first fell in love.

Until the day he sees her standing gracefully beside the powerful Prince of Beiding in a pavilion shaded by green pines, smiling more beautifully than ever.

In her previous life, amid the flames that burned her to the bone, she saw a man rushing toward her without regard for his own safety, his face full of worry.

Since they have met again in this life, she will be the one to protect Qi Yunhe.

Qi Yunhe, Prince of Beiding of Great Qi, is cold-hearted and stern. Everyone believes no woman could ever catch his eye.

After Chu Huidong breaks off her engagement to the crown prince, everyone waits to see her become a laughingstock.

Until the day when, in a garden where snow rests on green pines beneath the moon, everyone sees the usually stern Prince of Beiding personally tie the ribbons of a cloak around Chu Huidong, the woman who broke off her engagement.

He is so careful, as if he were protecting a priceless treasure.

Even Chu Huidong never expected that she would become empress in the end.

Theme: After surviving desperation, learn to cherish the present.