Synopsis: She was the legitimate daughter of the Loyal and Righteous Prince's household, but because she was foolish and dull-witted, she endured endless bullying and insults. Even her fiancé conspired with her stepmother and half-sisters to kill her and steal her dowry on the day of their wedding. Unwilling to die unjustly, she drew a new soul from another world to take her place and be reborn.
She was the little princess of the Leng family in the twenty-first century, the eldest daughter of a gang. One careless mistake landed her in trouble, and her soul transmigrated into the body of the foolish young lady.
But when she opened her eyes again, her dark, fathomless gaze and dazzling beauty stirred hearts everywhere, driving countless men and women wild.
The princess consort appeared to have no worldly ambitions and spent her days praying and eating vegetarian food, but was actually unfathomably mysterious. The second older sister looked gentle, generous, and composed, but was actually deeply calculating. The fourth younger sister seemed delicate but was domineering and jealous. The fifth younger sister looked sweet and lively but was cruel and ruthless. The sixth younger sister was empty-headed, shallow, and arrogant, and had mysteriously disappeared. The seventh younger sister seemed gentle and magnanimous but was as vicious as a snake. The eighth younger sister was calm as a chrysanthemum and impossible to read. Not one of them was harmless.
Fine, if you won't let me have any peace, then don't blame me for showing you exactly who I am.
So her stepmother tried to kill her, and her half-sisters stole her dowry?
With a blink of her limpid eyes, she sent her stepmother and half-sisters to the Buddhist hall to pray and reflect.
They sent people to assassinate her? She made sure they wouldn't live to see tomorrow.
They plotted to ruin her virtue? She gave them a taste of what it was like to be used by a thousand men.
In the prince's sprawling residence, schemes and rivalries never stopped. She handled them with ease and thoroughly enjoyed herself.
Then one day, she suddenly realized she had become famous, and not just famous, but renowned throughout the world.
And so butterflies and bees of every kind began to circle her, while admirers appeared everywhere.
There is scheming, rivalry, intrigue, confusion, and revenge. But above all, there is an enduring legend: love!
Xiao Tingxuan: “I once found an ancient seven-colored crystal deep beneath the Bohai Sea. I burned it in a sea of flames for eighty-one days and nights until it became this teardrop-shaped jade. It looks just like the first tear my mother shed for me. So I named it ‘Tearless.’ I hope that from now on, the woman I love will never shed a single tear, because this tear-shaped stone already holds all the tears of her life.”
Ouyang Chen: “The five-colored phoenix blood jade is an ancient divine artifact. Its existence represents the rise and fall of Wuyou City and grants the right to choose its city lord. It also bears the responsibility of choosing the wife of every city lord. Look at its eyes, beautiful and clear, shining like the sun. To choose the city lord's wife, her blood must be dripped into its eyes. If the five-colored phoenix blood jade glows, it means it has recognized her as the city lord's wife. Now your blood has awakened it again. So you are unquestionably the city lord's wife. You are also the wife destined for me.”
Luo Tianxiang: “I've always been a rational person, so rational that I believed I could escape every entanglement of the mortal world: money, power, desire. But when I unwittingly lost my heart in this world, I watched on indifferently and pretended it didn't matter. In the end, all I got was a conclusion that tore my heart apart. Since I've lost the right to stand by your side, then I'll stand in the place closest to you: the court. When you look down, you'll see me gazing up at you. Those are the happiest moments of my life.”
Xiao Minglan: “Ten years ago, in the palace's Anxi Hall, a little girl drifted out of sight through the peach grove, her small figure blurring before my eyes. She became a dream in my heart, forever indistinct and lost. Ten years later, when I wanted to hold on to her for real, she was already gone. Was it all just a dream, or was she the love that fate had destined me to suffer in this life?”
The heroine is strong, and the men are even stronger. One couple end up together.
This novel focuses on love, with schemes and intrigue as a supporting thread and household rivalries as a bit of extra flavor.