The Mirror's Hibiscus [Reborn]

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Reborn, but with a bad memory.

After more than ten years as a consort, Wang Ruofu died in despair, ill and bereft after her family was destroyed. When she opened her eyes, she was back in her teenage years. She vowed to change her fate, only to discover a serious problem:

Why had her family been destroyed? What happened this year, again? Who were all these people around her?

Unfortunately, her poor memory made her rebirth useless.

Without the golden finger of foresight, Wang Ruofu could only start with the most important things: she must not become an imperial consort, and she must not die in Zhaoyang Hall again.

In her previous life, she had been engaged, but the Crown Prince stole her away.

This time, looking at the name Lin Shijing, top scorer of the palace examination, Wang Ruofu silently thought that she could use another marriage to escape. He was her stepmother's nephew and her former fiance.

At seventeen, Lin Shijing was a dashing young top scholar, a jewel in the crown of the dynasty. He should have gone down in history for the ages, but he died in the line of duty at just twenty-four.

Wang Ruofu had planned to make do with life, just waiting for her husband to rise in rank and fortune, then die.

But Lin Shijing told her, who had been trapped within palace walls for twelve years, that the world was vast and free to explore.

Because she always held a travel journal in her hands, gazing at the scenery of faraway places through its pages.

Wang Ruofu suddenly thought, how about you not die?

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Lin Shijing knew Wang Ruofu didn't love him.

In her sleep, she called out for Xiao Zisheng. She hated Xiao Zisheng, and she loved him too.

She had once had a lover with whom she shared a love and hatred as deep as the sea. After that, every flutter of her heart seemed shallow.

He wanted to maintain his graceful demeanor, but in the end, he couldn't help being jealous and spiteful.

"What am I to you?"

"Have you ever loved me?"

Every question sounded so pitiful.

But Wang Ruofu was so good at soothing him. She called him "Brother Shijing," and with just those words, Lin Shijing's heart softened. Even though he knew she must have called someone else "Brother Zisheng" too.

So what?

The names written side by side on the gold-embossed marriage certificate now belonged to Lin Shijing and Wang Ruofu. They were the married couple.

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Years later, Ruofu, honored for her contributions, rejected every title and reward offered by the new emperor and left the divine capital in high spirits.

Wang Ruofu and Lin Shijing journeyed side by side through the vast, windblown desert, the gentle waters of Wu Commandery, and the rugged mountains of Shu.

She wrote a letter to her younger self:

My family is whole, and the dynasty is thriving. The sea of suffering is behind us, and all things shine anew.

The characters are difficult to sum up, but the main ones are roughly as follows:

Fu (heroine): A people-pleaser at first, but she works through it. Loves traveling and gossiping, and is a bit of a flirt with everyone, though her husband gets the full attention. Top liberal arts scholar, and the foremost contributor to the founding of the dynasty.

Jing (hero): A blend of the official husband and a man who feels like the other woman. Gentle big-brother type with a dry sense of humor. Believes loving someone is like tending a flower. His hobby is gossiping with Fu.

Song (second male lead): A political machine with a strong sense of duty. His wife and daughter are important to him, but the dynasty comes first.

Yanqing (Lingpei): Queen, don't be afraid to take control of this world. But don't rush. Fu, the friendly flirt, will help you grow at your own pace.

Lou Ling: A legendary general who made history and changed the world. Queen, the battlefield is yours.

Reader's guide:

1. The male lead is a virgin. Readers who only like the male lead or the male supporting characters, please don't read.

2. In her previous life, the heroine behaved violently while suffering from mental illness. Please don't read if that bothers you. There are also many scenes with the heroine and her former husband early on. Please don't read if that bothers you.

3. This is a fictional setting, so no historical research is needed.

----------- Coming soon: Has My Archrival Husband Died Today? (working title) ---------

A melodramatic tour de force featuring childhood sweethearts turned enemies, an arranged marriage, a secret love, a groveling pursuit, passionate love and hatred, and a second chance at love.

Bai Xueting, an orphaned daughter of a loyal martyr, and Yang Tan, commander of the Mingfeng Bureau, are famous enemies throughout the imperial capital.

Yang Tan sent a memorial that got Bai Xueting's teacher executed. In retaliation, Bai Xueting arranged for his beloved cousin, Consort Xian, to be banished to the cold palace.

An imperial edict of marriage bound the two sworn enemies, whose families had a blood feud, beneath the same roof. They loathed each other and wished they could strangle one another.

The empress earnestly advised Bai Xueting, "Ting, look at Yang Tan. He's a lone official who makes enemies so easily. Just wait for him to be schemed against and killed, then inherit his estate!"

The emperor earnestly advised Yang Tan, "Tan, Xueting's parents are both dead, and so is her teacher. You're her senior fellow disciple. You must take responsibility for looking after her!"

On their wedding night, Bai Xueting stabbed Yang Tan through the shoulder.

"You killed our teacher with your own hands, and you still have the nerve to call yourself my senior fellow disciple?"

Yang Tan gripped the blade, his hands covered in blood.

"When my sister was framed by you and thrown into the cold palace, you showed no mercy either."

After that, Bai Xueting hoped her husband would die every day, while Yang Tan hoped his wife would end up in prison every day. Whenever they appeared together, blood was sure to spill.

But on the occasional starry night, Yang Tan would look toward Bai Xueting's room and remember their youth.

When they studied under the same teacher, Yang Tan would shield Bai Xueting when she got in trouble. When Yang Tan was caned, Bai Xueting would put medicine on his wounds and blow on them to soothe the pain.

Back then, she called him Senior Brother, and Brother.

"1"

After they married, Bai Xueting lived up to her name, wearing white all day long.

Yang Tan couldn't stand it. "You used to dress like a butterfly every day as a child. Do you own nothing but white clothes now?"

Bai Xueting held a finger to her lips. "Keep your voice down. Amitabha. I'm mourning my dead husband."

Yang Tan gritted his teeth. "After hearing that, I'll do whatever it takes to die after you."

"2"

Bai Xueting shouldn't have married Yang Tan. She was engaged to Fu Lan, Prince Shu.

Prince Shu was elegant and handsome, but sickly and unlikely to live past twenty-five.

Yang Tan couldn't stand him.

When they first married, Bai Xueting was determined to cuckold him.

She was always seen out and about with Prince Shu, and even sat openly beside him at palace banquets.

Everyone in the capital knew that Commander Yang's new wife was in love with Prince Shu.

And every time Yang Tan and Bai Xueting quarreled, Prince Shu would come to comfort her, even though he was ill.

Later, Prince Shu was gravely wounded for Bai Xueting. As he lay dying in her arms, he kissed the corner of her lips.

Yang Tan's vision went black, and he immediately called for his guards.

Find every miraculous medicine in the world if you have to, but save Prince Shu today!

If Prince Shu really dies for Bai Xueting, she'll never forget him for the rest of her life!

"3"

Bai Xueting was falsely accused and suffered a terrible injustice.

Yang Tan came to take her home, but she turned her face away.

"You're still afraid of looking bad in front of me?" Yang Tan gently wiped the dirt from her face with his palm. "You're so fierce with me, so how did you let someone bully you out there?"

Bai Xueting threw herself at him and wrapped her arms around his waist.

Yang Tan wiped away her tears and soothed her. "Don't cry, sweetheart."

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Every day, Tingting reflects on three questions: Is Yang Tan dead? Is my husband dead? Is my senior fellow disciple dead?

Tan: Every day I come home to find my wife cursing me to die.

The heroine is a bold genius. The hero is an ambitious, jealous man.

#Yang Tan hates Bai Xueting, and Bai Xueting hates Yang Tan#

Let's wish this pair of bitter enemies an eternity of tangled-up love. Heart.

Theme: Read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles.