After her parents died, Mu Xi lived under someone else's roof, always cautious and deferential. She followed her elders' wishes and married her cousin, Lu Yu.
Everyone said Lu Yu had a mistress, but Mu Xi didn't care. With nowhere to call home, she only wanted them to treat each other with respect and live in peace.
Until one day, news arrived that Lu Yu had led an army to take the city and ascended the throne. Mu Xi was forced to take her own life.
Reborn, she returned to the day Lu Yu brought his mistress into the household.
Facing Lu Yu's cold expression, Mu Xi didn't mind at all. With a faint smile, she said, "I wish you and Cousin's wife a long life together, full of love."
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At the palace banquet the next day, Mu Xi accidentally drank an aphrodisiac wine and stumbled into the arms of the powerful Duke's heir. Eyes brimming with tears, she begged him, "My lord, save me."
Pei Xuan looked down at her and, after a long pause, finally nodded.
Later, Lu Yu could only watch as the high-ranking Chancellor stood beside a woman dressed in fine clothes.
Pei Xuan fastened a cloak around Mu Xi's shoulders, then tossed aside the hairpin Lu Yu had once given her. "It's worthless. Throw it away," he said softly.
Mu Xi's eyes curved with a gentle, autumn-water smile. "All right."
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Pei Xuan was noble and unblemished, a cool and dignified heir to a duke, and a gentleman praised by all.
But he kept a secret no one knew.
As he watched the figure he had longed for draw closer and closer, his heart surged like a stormy sea. Yet he could only maintain a gentle, distant expression, afraid of frightening her away.
Mu Xi thought they could part on good terms. When she heard that the Pei family was to welcome a princess as a bride, she packed her bags and prepared to leave Chang'an.
At dawn, before the carriage could leave the city, someone stopped it.
The once gentle and self-controlled Pei Xuan pinned her inside the carriage and held her close, their temples brushing. His voice was tender and lingering. "Weiwei, save me."
He was a demon wearing a gentleman's guise, and only a goddess could save him.
Gentle, alluring beauty x cool, scheming heir
[Reading Guide]
1. Fictional setting inspired by the Tang and Song dynasties, with many original details.
2. The heroine and the second male lead are reborn. The second male lead has to win back his wife. The male lead takes the top spot. Includes love-triangle drama.
3. Happy ending, a little sweet with a hint of hawthorn.
Theme: Learn to love and be loved.
