The most scandalous thing Yu Yue ever did was marry Li Zheng, the general Li Xiasheng's uncle, on the very day Li Xiasheng was buried, dressed in a scarlet wedding gown and accompanied by a noisy wedding procession.
Ten years ago, the general was defeated and took his own life at Wuchuan. His body was never found.
The Li family could only build him a tomb containing his clothes and belongings.
On the day of the funeral, the whole city was draped in mourning, white banners blocking out the sun. Li Xiasheng's coffin had barely been carried out through the front gate when a red bridal sedan chair, carried by sixteen bearers, entered through the side gate.
People cursed Yu Yue as heartless, disloyal, shameless, and despicable. His master's body was not even cold, and he was already eager to climb into bed with the Li family's new master. He couldn't even wait a single day.
The groom, Li Zheng, laughed triumphantly, believing he had won everything: not only had he taken his nephew's military command, but he had also stolen the plaything his nephew loved most.
Until ten years later, when a chilling wind rose and a pair of icy hands clamped tightly around Yu Yue's neck in the dead of night.
The general, who should have been long dead, had become a vicious ghost and pinned him to the bed.
Choked until tears and cries streamed down his face, Yu Yue yelled, "How dare you disrespect your aunt!"
"Aunt...?"
The evil spirit bent over him, bit his lip, and laughed ominously against his ear.
"My second uncle is impotent. Think I could volunteer instead?"
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Born into a military family, Li Xiasheng was like snow atop the clouds, untouchable and out of reach.
Yet the lowly slave he despised most had the hardest, most unyielding backbone in the world and defied him every day.
He thought him crude, yet couldn't help falling for him. He hated his selfishness, yet grew so jealous whenever someone else came near him that he nearly lost his mind.
Ten years ago, when he died in defeat, Li Xiasheng's soul refused to fade away. He possessed another person and fought his way back to Yingdu, hoping to see Yu Yue one last time.
Instead, he found ten miles of white mourning banners and collided with ten miles of red bridal finery for Yu Yue's wedding to his uncle. He thought the lowly slave had been desperate to get away from him.
That night, he became an evil spirit. For ten years, the river's bone-chilling waters swallowed him up, until he even forgot who he was.
Only two obsessions remained etched into his bones:
First, strangle Yu Yue.
Second, before strangling him... make up for ten years' worth of wedding nights, many times over.
Theme: The place you long to escape may be where you are meant to stay forever
Why did my memory suddenly come back [question mark]
By the way, will Li regain his memory later [Dog's Head Holds a Rose]
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