The Short-Lived County Princess Investigates Murders Live After Being Reborn (Both Reborn)

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Suspense plot:

Reborn, Su Zhijun finds herself bound to a livestream that investigates murder cases involving noble young ladies.

System: Livestream online to earn points,

unlock a variety of case-solving features,

and help uncover the truth behind your death in your previous life.

Fight when you need to fight, and scheme when you need to scheme.

The formidable First Madam: I'll counter every move you make.

The scheming concubine-born younger sister: I'll expose your little tricks.

The cold and heartless new top scholar: For the sake of your life, stay away from that scumbag!

Su Zhijun: When I find the real culprit, I'll make them pay double!

The livestream chat is buzzing:

Viewer A: Baby just wants to ship a sweet couple.

Viewer B: Hey, you above me, you're in the wrong place. This is a case-solving livestream!

Viewer C: Wrong! This livestream has everything: detective work, romance, and household intrigue!

Romance plot:

In her previous life, Su Zhijun was a county lady deeply favored by the Empress Dowager.

She fell in love at first sight with the handsome new top scholar, Cheng Yanhao.

Though the man she loved was already engaged,

she relied on her maiden family's power

to force him to marry her.

He was warm and courteous to everyone,

but cold and distant toward her alone.

His tenderness had never been meant for her.

Her final memory from her previous life:

“If the Empress Dowager hadn't arranged this marriage, I would never have married her.”

Reborn,

she is naturally bold and spirited,

and in this life she no longer needs to pretend to be weak and refined to win his favor.

“I'd marry anyone but Cheng Yanhao!”

Until an imperial decree orders her to marry him...

P.S. The setting is fictional, so please don't nitpick the history.

Preview: Regrets of the Eastern Palace

Second Prince Rong Qi is gentle, refined, and immensely talented.

He would have been the ideal heir in the eyes of both court officials and the emperor, if only he weren't blind.

Chu Mingxi first met Rong Qi when she was fourteen. Beneath a crabapple tree, petals drifting in the breeze, the young man stood with his hands behind his back, serene as a moonlit breeze and elegant as an orchid.

A young heart stirred. One distant glimpse was enough for her to fall in love.

Chu Mingxi secretly vowed to cure the young man's eyes, so that one day she could see every mountain and river, every lovely scene of nature, with him.

For his sake, she gathered herbs on sheer cliffs and nearly fell into an unfathomable abyss.

For his sake, she practiced acupuncture tirelessly and refused to let anyone else tend the medicine pot.

At last, at sixteen, she married the young man she loved.

In the third year of their marriage, Rong Qi was named Crown Prince. Rumors spread through the capital that he would take Chu Mingyan, Chu Mingxi's cousin, as his Crown Princess.

Chu Mingxi refused to believe it, until that day...

In the pouring rain, she watched Rong Qi and Chu Mingyan sharing an umbrella, smiling together, a perfect couple that would make anyone envious.

Chu Mingxi's eyes stung. As she turned away, tears streamed down her face.

The Eastern Palace wedding was in full swing, with drums and gongs resounding and the whole city decked in red.

A palace attendant hurried in with the news: Lady Chu's boat had struck a reef and sunk. There were no survivors.

The Crown Prince seemed not to hear. He casually brushed tea leaves from his teacup, apparently unmoved.

No one could see the heart-wrenching pain beneath his calm expression.

In the deepening night, a breeze brushed his face as Rong Qi gazed at the crabapple tree, lost in thought.

Without realizing it, he had already fallen hopelessly in love.

He still remembered the medicinal fragrance that lingered beneath the crabapple tree that year.

He also remembered the little girl by the medicine stove, coughing uncontrollably as smoke filled her lungs...

Theme: There is only one truth!