Springtime Tales of Haitang (Reborn)

This story has been revised several times. The polished, official version is only on Jinjiang!

Pearls Can't Escape is complete!! My next story, The White Moonlight Only Wants to Stay Alive, is coming soon. I'm writing it at top speed! Please add it to your collection!

Ji Tang entered the Wei family at fourteen, married Wei Xu at seventeen, and died in childbirth at eighteen.

Before she died, she learned that someone had taken her life.

This was not the fate she deserved. Heaven took pity on her, and she was reborn.

Facing her husband's coldness and her mother-in-law's mistreatment once more, Ji Tang remained composed and unruffled.

This time, she only wanted to avenge the blood debt, then escape this living hell.

The Wei family had held noble titles for generations, but was now in gradual decline.

Fortunately, the eldest son, Wei Xu, was both a scholar and a warrior, and the emperor had entrusted him with important duties.

It was a shame that the promising young heir, as handsome as a jade tree, had been forced to marry an orphan girl.

Fortunately, since their marriage, she had been gentle and obedient, doing as he said.

Wei Xu thought that as long as she behaved, there was no harm in letting her bear his children.

Until one day, he saw her drink the contraceptive decoction without the slightest hesitation.

With a divorce agreement in hand, Ji Tang smiled at him and said:

"I've worked diligently for the Wei family all these years. I've repaid even the greatest kindness. From now on, we're even."

At a palace banquet one day, the emperor arranged a marriage for Princess Changle in front of the entire court.

When Wei Xu saw Ji Tang walk slowly in from outside the hall, dressed in finery, he crushed his teacup in one hand.

After the banquet, he cornered her behind a door and gripped her fair wrist until it reddened. "Your Highness, what a clever game you've been playing."

She smiled. "We have nothing to do with each other anymore. Young Lord Wei, please behave yourself!"

From then on, rumors spread through the streets: the Wei brothers could serve as officials at court, and the Yong'an Marquis household had restored its fortunes, all thanks to the Princess's connections through her skirts!

Wei Xu was furious. He was going to show everyone that he wasn't a kept man!

[Important Reading Warnings!!]

1. The heroine doesn't immediately become a force to be reckoned with after being reborn. She's steady and level-headed, so please read with that in mind.

2. The hero is a real jerk early on, but he'll change a lot later.

3. The "kept man" in the synopsis refers to the previous line, about the Wei family's revival relying on the Princess's connections. Please don't read anything else into it.

4. Everyone has their own preferences, and you can't have it all! If this isn't for you, please move along. We'll all be happier that way.

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My next story, Pearls Can't Escape, is now available. Please visit my author page and add it to your collection! Here's the synopsis:

To investigate the truth behind her elder sister's death, Princess Sang Wan of Xiyan traveled to Daqi for a political marriage, becoming the wife of Prince Yu, Xiao Chengyun.

She heard that Prince Yu was gravely ill and had little time left. Once he died, she would be free again.

But on her very first night in the capital, she saw him kill more than a dozen people without batting an eye.

Sang Wan: ???

Her husband had handsome, proud features and the bearing of a bright moon in a clear sky. Who would have thought that beneath his frail exterior lay a thoroughly wicked heart?

"So, um, is it still possible to switch husbands?"

"Too late."

*

Xiao Chengyun had been frail since birth, the most inconsequential idle prince at court.

He had always been sickly and never wanted to burden anyone, until that little princess chose him.

At first, it was just an act. Gradually, he wanted to make her his real wife.

It was a rainy day, with lotus leaves stirring in the breeze. Beneath the bright red wedding characters, the candles glowed and the bridal curtains swayed.

He held her close and murmured her name over and over.

Then pain suddenly shot through his chest. She held a dagger, smiling sweetly at him.

"You killed my father, didn't you? And you had something to do with my sister's death, too?"

Blood ran down her arm, blending into her wedding dress.

*

Three years later, Sang Wan was living comfortably in Shu as an assassin for the Lotus Pavilion.

Then one day, her assignments started getting stranger and stranger.

One day she had to stake out a brothel; the next, sleep in a graveyard. Unable to take it anymore, Sang Wan sneaked into the Lotus Pavilion master's chambers one dark, windy night.

Wait, why does this guy look so familiar?

That night, the man who had walked right into her trap was devoured until not a bone was left.

Xiao Chengyun gripped her waist in his large hand, his voice sultry. "Running away? This time, are you going to murder your husband again, hmm?"

Theme: Live as your true self.