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Ever since she rescued that medicine slave, Sheng Qingtong began having dreams that could predict the future.
The events in her dreams came true one by one. But when she dreamed that she was bound hand and foot and carried into a traveling palace, where someone pinned her against a wall and rasped "An'an" in her ear, she finally panicked. The man who had violated her in that dim tent was none other than the medicine slave she'd rescued just days ago!
When she woke, Sheng Qingtong was furious with embarrassment and sent the medicine slave to the hunting grounds to serve as prey for others' amusement.
But before long, she dreamed that the remnants of the previous dynasty would rise again and restore their empire, led by none other than the medicine slave.
Startled awake, Sheng Qingtong found herself astride a warhorse, bow drawn and aimed at the man whose eyes were cold with disappointment. Only then did she realize that, in order to get revenge on her, this bloodied man had risen all the way to become the leader of the Zhaolie faction.
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Zhaoheng, the previous dynasty's crown prince, was of noble birth and courageous, the ideal heir to the throne. Yet when he was ten, he and his mother were cast out of the palace and abducted by human traffickers, who sold him as a medicine slave.
By the time he was ransomed ten years later, the dynasty had already changed. Years as a medicine slave had also left Zhaoheng with an extraordinary sense of smell.
The air in the black market was foul, until a trace of cool fragrance suddenly opened his closed-off heart. He had never smelled anything so sweet, nor seen a woman so lovely, smiling brightly and seemingly untouched by the troubles of the world.
She made him desperate to claim her!
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"Your Highness, the troops are ready and the provisions are in place. This is our one chance to overthrow Sheng and restore Zhao!"
With a glorious empire at his feet and a spirited beauty in his arms, Zhaoheng realized for the first time that being a live-in husband instead of a crown prince might not be so bad after all.
Note: The heroine takes her mother's surname.
Theme: Our fate is in our own hands
