With the betrothal gifts and six formal rites complete, and a bridal procession stretching ten miles, she married the man she loved. She used every resource and every means at her disposal to raise him, an unfavored prince, to the throne. She wished him warmth through the winter and a gentle spring, but there was no longer any place for her in his heart. Her position as empress was taken from her, and she was trampled underfoot. Her family was wiped out, and her own child was killed. He said, “In consideration of everything you once did, I grant you a whole corpse. Be grateful.” After drinking the cup of poison, Lin Jingyi swore a terrible oath: they would pay for their crimes in blood! Heaven answered her prayers and let her be reborn at the age of fourteen, before tragedy struck, with her family still alive. She was once again the silly, naive legitimate eldest daughter whom others secretly mocked. In this life, her only wish was to avenge herself! Let us see who gets the better of whom!
