Jiang Jingsheng was a Grand Princess. She had no consort, but countless male favorites. She lived as she pleased until she was twenty-two, when she fell from a horse and died on the spot.
When she woke again, a grown woman and a little girl were holding a bowl of medicine and crying around her.
The older one said, "My lady, you're finally awake."
The little one said, "Mother, I've missed you so much."
Jiang Jingsheng: "?"
The Grand Princess Jiang Jingsheng had died, only to come back to life as Jiang Jing, the young wife of Ji Guannan, a village schoolteacher. She still had her own body, but someone else's face.
Watching the handsome man enter with a bowl of medicine, she probed cautiously: "Lord Ji, what year is it?"
"The thirty-ninth year of Shengping, in the Great Yan dynasty."
Jiang Jingsheng counted on her fingers, her heart sinking. "This is bad. I've been reborn and returned to life in the body of someone else, and I've ended up in an enemy kingdom thirty years in the future."
To survive in the enemy kingdom, Jiang Jingsheng had no choice but to pretend she had amnesia. Luckily, the father and daughter believed every word she said.
Her husband, Ji Guannan, had a cool, aloof face that was exactly to her taste. Their daughter, Ji Changnian, was a mischievous handful and didn't resemble either of them.
After half a year, Jiang Jingsheng decided to test Ji Guannan's "depths."
But Ji Guannan fumbled about, unable to find his way in. "Lord Ji, you don't know how?"
His voice hoarse, he blushed. "I... can learn more from now on."
After one night, Jiang Jingsheng had a sudden revelation: the original owner had been an adulteress!
"Lord Ji, I know I wronged you in the first half of my life. Don't worry. From tonight on, I'll take responsibility for you."
Later, someone came up the mountain. Jiang Jingsheng looked at his familiar face. "Why do you look like one of my former male favorites?"
The man burst into tears. "Your Highness, I finally found you!"
*
In his previous life, Ji Nanzhou was one of the lesser male favorites in Grand Princess Jiang Jingsheng's household.
Every day, he struck alluring poses in the corridor, hoping to catch her eye. But Jiang Jingsheng was so blind to his charms that she never noticed how wonderful he was.
One day, Jiang Jingsheng fell from a horse and died.
The male favorites in the household scattered, and after a moment's thought, Ji Nanzhou went to join the household of her enemy.
After four years of biding his time, he finally discovered that Jiang Jingsheng had been murdered.
One day, after helping Jiang Jingsheng take revenge, he died on an empty street.
When he opened his eyes again, he was back in the afternoon of the day he had first entered the Princess's residence, many years earlier.
Seeing Jiang Jingsheng walking toward him, he raised his chin haughtily. "Your Highness, I won't be your male favorite, but I want ten thousand taels."
Later, he saved Jiang Jingsheng after she fell from a horse in this life.
He watched over her for half a month, but the first thing she said when she woke was, "Who are you?"
He lowered his head, nervously stirring the medicine, and softly replied, "Ji Guannan, your husband."
Reader's Guide:
1. The male favorites are real, but only during separate stages. There is no overlap.
2. The heroine has had previous partners, while the hero is a virgin. The male lead is reborn.
Theme: I wish to send you a letter, but the mountains are high and the waters vast. Where can I find you?
