In her previous life, Cui Zhaoyue and her husband treated each other with respect and trusted one another completely.
After she died, she unexpectedly returned to the age of fifteen. To her surprise, the person who came to ask for her hand in marriage was her sworn enemy, Xie Yunzhi.
She hated Xie Yunzhi with all her heart, and of course she wouldn't agree to marry him.
If not for him, her parents wouldn't have been falsely accused, her husband wouldn't have been left disabled, and she wouldn't have died in the wilderness while pregnant.
But he was a rising court favorite, deeply trusted by the emperor. No matter how unwilling she was, she had no choice but to marry him by imperial decree.
After they married, though, Cui Zhaoyue sometimes felt that Xie Yunzhi wasn't quite as awful as she'd thought.
He knew everything she liked and disliked, and no matter how much she made trouble or humiliated him, he never got angry.
He knew there was poison in the food and drink, but because she'd brought it to him herself, he ate without hesitation.
Bright red blood seeped from the corner of his mouth. For a moment, Cui Zhaoyue panicked. For some reason, she suddenly felt a pang of sadness.
"A-Yue, I'm fine... Don't be scared..."
He smiled as though nothing was wrong, desperately suppressing the wrenching pain in his chest as he softly comforted her.
Cui Zhaoyue couldn't help sneering. She wasn't scared. She wished he would die right then and there.
A noblewoman who seems like a sweet, innocent flower but is ruthless underneath x a mad minister who will stop at nothing for love
Reader advisory:
1. The male lead was a virgin both before and after being reborn. The female lead had a husband and was pregnant in her previous life. After being reborn, she marries the male lead directly, so they are both virgins in this life.
2. The official system is modeled on the Tang dynasty, with the late Tang and early Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms as reference points.
Theme: Though the world rushes toward ruin, my heart stands firm as a pillar.
