Winning the Favor of the Enemy Nation's Brooding Prince

Heroine's Perspective:

Chen Zhen was reborn on the very night her country fell.

After her country fell in her previous life, her beauty led to her being sent to the harem of the enemy nation's old emperor. When he later died of illness, she was forced to die with him, bringing her short and helpless life to an end.

Reborn, and determined to avoid the same tragic fate, Chen Zhen boldly threw herself into the arms of the old emperor's second son that very night.

Even though, in her previous life, she had known perfectly well that Huo Huan's gaze at her, his stepmother by marriage, was far from innocent.

Hero's Perspective:

Huo Huan never expected that, after receiving an imperial order to attack the enemy nation, he would return with an unexpected prize.

He thought he was simply bringing back something novel, but he never imagined Chen Zhen could also cure his chronic headaches.

He used to spend every night unable to sleep. Now, sleeping beside Chen Zhen, he rested soundly, and even the strange, fantastical dreams he'd once had gradually became clear.

Incredibly, Chen Zhen, sleeping beside him, was his stepmother by marriage in the dream...

And what he said in the dream left his waking self dumbfounded and ashamed.

“Lady Zhaoyi is beautiful, and I cherish her too.”

“From the first time I saw Lady Zhaoyi, her graceful figure was imprinted on my heart. Whenever I think of her, I cannot sleep at night.”

“Father's illness has lingered for so long. Lady Zhaoyi, do you know why?”

“You are young, Lady Zhaoyi. After Father passes away, will the Empress Mother tolerate you?”

Reading note: The hero will remember his past life later in the story.

In their previous life, the hero and heroine fell in love at first sight, but one had ulterior motives while the other was naive and unaware.

Theme: Fate is unpredictable. Cherish the present.