Reborn: The Crown Prince Chases His Wife to the Crematorium

[Both reborn, the husband pursues his wife into the crematorium]

Xie Yuanxi was the eldest legitimate daughter of the Duke's household. She had been married to Crown Prince Xiao Yingshen for eight years. They were a harmonious couple, and he had no other woman.

She devoted herself to helping him ascend the throne, and she became empress, a model for women throughout the land.

Her only regret was that she could not bear children. During the rebellion of the Fifth Prince, she took a sword meant for Xiao Yingshen. The wound damaged her womb and left her unable to conceive.

Knowing an emperor could not go without an heir, she suppressed her grief and prepared to select consorts for him.

But who could have guessed that Xiao Yingshen had hidden a pregnant woman in the Chenghuan Hall? It was none other than her divorced younger sister, Xie Xiangyi, born to the same parents.

Her mother advised her, "Yuanxi, you can't have children. If your sister has one, it'll be just like you having one yourself."

Heartbroken, she suffered another bout of her old illness.

When she awoke, she was shocked to learn that Xiao Yingshen had already made her younger sister a consort.

Looking back, Xiao Yingshen had originally intended to marry her younger sister, but an accident had made her the Crown Princess instead.

The world was unpredictable, yet this outcome had been expected. After all, her younger sister had kept thinking of Xiao Yingshen ever since her divorce.

The consort investiture ceremony was lavish. It was the honor he bestowed upon her younger sister, while she herself was already at death's door.

When she awoke again, she had returned to eight years earlier, before her marriage. At that time, she was still the bright and dignified eldest young lady of the Duke's household.

This time, she would never repeat the same mistakes.

[Scene]

At the imperial hunt, a sharp arrow shot toward Xiao Yingshen beside her.

Back then, someone had pushed Xie Yuanxi into the arrow's path, and that was what brought about her marriage to Xiao Yingshen.

This time, she dodged the hand behind her in advance, then discreetly let its owner stumble toward Xiao Yingshen and take the arrow for him.

She never expected Xiao Yingshen to react so quickly. As he turned, he took the arrow for the woman in his arms.

Ignoring his serious wound, Xiao Yingshen looked anxiously at the woman in his embrace. "Are you all right...?"

When he saw Xie Xiangyi's deathly pale face, his expression changed. Instinctively, he looked up at Xie Yuanxi, who was watching them with amused interest.

Xie Yuanxi smiled brightly. "The Crown Prince and my younger sister truly are a match made in heaven."

Without a moment's hesitation, she turned and walked away, missing the anguish and distress in Xiao Yingshen's eyes.

[Content warnings]

1. In both her previous life and this one, the main couple are strictly monogamous and have only ever been with each other. There is another reason the male lead made the younger sister a consort in his previous life. The child is not his, and he is devoted to the female lead in both body and heart.

2. Both leads are reborn, but one returns earlier than the other. The one who returns later will still dream of his previous life and foresee the past.

3. The husband's pursuit may be a long time coming, but it will happen.

Theme: There are countless roads to happiness. Don't chase only one.