[Male lead is reborn + heroine's unrequited love comes true + mostly dual perspectives]
In his previous life, Xiao Shuo bore the weight of national hatred and family vendettas. From being stranded in a neighboring kingdom to murdering the emperor and seizing the throne, he spent his life scheming and fighting until the bitter end.
Given another chance, he has no interest in the throne. After saving his younger brother, he continues to conceal his identity, serving as the most ordinary guard to the Princess of Li in the Kingdom of Li.
The princess is stunningly beautiful, graceful, and aloof. Whenever she sees him, she smiles without a word, and for a time he mistakes her for a mute.
In his previous life, the princess knew nothing of his identity. When he resigned, she inexplicably asked him not to leave.
Xiao Shuo found it strange, but he had important business to attend to and insisted on leaving.
Only after returning home, starting a rebellion, and ascending the throne did he learn that two years after his departure, the princess had been killed when her coup failed.
Now that he is a guard, Xiao Shuo intends to be a loyal one and protect the princess's peace for the rest of her life.
One day, beneath the window, Xiao Shuo hears the princess murmuring to herself: "Do you think he knows how I feel about him?"
Xiao Shuo believes that in this life he has put down his sword and will no longer thirst for blood. Yet when he hears the princess pining for someone, a sudden, violent rage rises in his chest.
Xiao Shuo decides it must be his career-minded side acting up. He simply can't stand watching the haughty princess pine away over some worthless man.
He draws his sword once more and helps the princess climb step by step to the throne.
Only later does he learn that, in both her previous life and this one, the only person the princess has ever loved is him.
[A lovestruck princess and her devoted guard]
[The princess seems aloof, but her behavior can be a little strange]
[Only the male lead is reborn, the heroine is not]
[The male lead was unmarried and had never been in love in his previous life, and never gave romance a thought]
[They love each other; the male lead loved her in his previous life but didn't realize it]
[Both leads are hopeless romantics]
Theme: Live again for yourself