Scheming, patient power minister × Reborn, brilliant princess
Rivals on opposite sides | Equally matched | Each other's pawn
(Updates every night at 8. I won't abandon this novel, so read without worry~)
Everyone knew that the Duke Who Guards the Nation's household had produced a valiant female general, renowned for her military victories, and a young master with a remarkable talent for martial arts.
People often pointed from afar at the imperial plaque hanging above the mansion gates, recalling the eldest daughter Yan Li's heroic defense of the frontier, or the second young master's glory in taking first place in the martial examinations at just fifteen.
And the second daughter?
Sigh. Just a sickly girl, frail and ill-fated, who had to take medicine all year round.
She was Yan Huan, the sickly girl in the mouths of Shengjing's common folk. Not only was her life destined to be short, she had even brought about her mother's death.
It was as if her very existence was a mistake.
On the day she came of age, her father gave her the name Zhenzhen, hoping she would live on, flourishing without end.
Those two characters were like a prophecy, making their words come true.
Less than two years after leaving the palace, the newly crowned top scholar Shen Xiu petitioned the emperor to grant them a marriage, and found a miracle doctor to save her life. Everything seemed to fall into place naturally.
For a time, she thought she might live a little longer, free from disaster and misfortune.
Unexpectedly, a great fire reduced the painted pleasure boat to ashes. Floating in the air, she watched her own body sink into the lake, and felt a trace of relief.
See? Heaven would claim her life in the end. No one's words could change that.
When a person dies, the lamp goes out. All she wanted now was to hurry downstairs and be reborn into a better life.
Yet after her soul wandered for several days, the Black and White Guardians of Death still hadn't come to claim it.
When she woke again, she had become Princess Zhaohua, cherished by all.
She had indeed gained a long life, but Zhaohua was gone, and so was her father.
Her elder sister and younger brother had gone to the frontier. The vast general's mansion stood empty, with only its servants left to guard the glory of days gone by.
Shen Xiu had never imagined she would die in an accident.
That night, he carried her body back to the general's mansion, dazed and disoriented.
The funeral proceeded as planned. Princess Zhaohua kept yelling that he had to pay with his life, and once he grew tired of hearing it, he simply avoided her.
Who knew she would be like a mad dog, biting him whenever she saw him?
He really had intended to kill her. It should have been a fatal trap, but she had survived.
After waking, she seemed like a different person.
She no longer shouted that he should pay with his life, but her methods became ever more torturous. Like an angler reeling in a fish, she slowly drove him into a corner.
P.S.
- A battlefield of competing suitors
- At first, she is a bright moon hanging high in the sky, shining only on him. Later, her light reaches every home.
- After the female lead is reborn, she occasionally lets her thoughts slip, and those fated to hear them can hear them.
- The female lead's final choice is hers to make. I won't force the plot in a particular direction.
- Happy ending
Theme: See one's true nature clearly, and go with the flow
