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After Lin Shuyao married King Wu, they appeared to be a loving, happy couple in public. Back at the manor, however, they were merely allies in name, each using the other to get what they needed.

Half a year later, she dreamed of a storybook titled After Defeating the White Moonlight, I Became the Emperor's Beloved.

In the story, she would die of illness two months later.

Afterward, King Wu would successfully ascend the throne and make the story's heroine his empress. From then on, she would reign supreme in the imperial harem.

And the prematurely deceased princess consort, Lin Shuyao, was the white moonlight in the story.

She did not care about King Wu, much less care to be his white moonlight.

What she questioned was why the version of herself in the story had died of sorrow.

Unfortunately, before she could uncover the truth, the story reached its ending.

Dying with a heart full of resentment, she opened her eyes again, only to find herself in the body of Li Shuyao, Princess of Yao'an, notorious for snatching handsome young men to keep as her male companions.

Looking at her newly revived self in the mirror, she decided to live differently this time.

In her previous life, King Jin, Zhou Yan, had raised an army to save the Crown Prince. After his defeat, he was imprisoned in the dungeon of Jinyong City.

During fourteen years spent in darkness, the only day he was allowed out of the dungeon was the anniversary of his fourth sister-in-law's death. On that day, he could also eat her favorite touhua cake.

Reborn, all he wanted was to save his fourth sister-in-law, but he was still too late.

After losing all hope, he went alone to the borderlands.

Then one day, on his way back from paying respects to his fourth sister-in-law at Baima Temple, he was accidentally kidnapped by Princess Yao'an's men and taken to a separate residence.

Everyone knew of Princess Yao'an's outrageous behavior.

After struggling for a while, he was considering how to persuade her to let him go.

But she untied him herself, smiling apologetically. "My servants were blind and mistook you for someone else. Please don't hold it against me, Prince Jin!"

Her smile was so bright, and somehow familiar, that he could not help thinking of the light buried in his heart.

Later, she dismissed all her male companions and decided to find a suitable husband and settle down.

When he heard, the secret love in his heart could no longer be suppressed.

He began hoping she would look back at him just once. Even if he could only be her male companion, he would willingly accept it.

Reader's guide:

1. One-on-one romance. Both leads remain faithful to each other in their past and present lives.

2. Includes some plot from the heroine's past life, with a somewhat ensemble-cast focus.

3. Romance and plot each take up half the story.

4. The male lead is reborn with memories of his past life. The heroine takes over another person's body and remembers only part of the storybook's plot.

This is a work of fiction with an invented setting. Please don't scrutinize it or associate the characters with historical figures. If it's not to your taste, simply don't read it. Please refrain from harsh criticism. Thank you for your support and understanding.

This blurb was finalized on May 16, 2025. A screenshot has been taken.

Theme: You can rise again as long as you cannot be beaten down.