After Three Years of Abuse, the Entire Marquis's Household Begs Me to Forgive Them

[A sweet-tongued, ruthless heroine VS a cold-faced, warm-hearted hero. Reborn to seek revenge, she crushes scoundrels in a satisfying tale] Shen Xianyue died a wretched death in her previous life. Born into a military family, she lost both parents as a child and was taken in by the Xiao family, an old colleague of her father’s. The Xiao family was an influential household in the capital. Xiao Liyang, heir to a marquis’s title, protected and cherished her, coaxing his adopted sister Shen Xianyue into giving him her whole heart. For his sake, she even turned down the emperor’s arranged marriage. But her sincere love was thrown to the dogs in the blink of an eye. Her close friend falsely accused Shen Xianyue of having an affair, and her heartless lover coldly abandoned her. She was sent to a nunnery for three years, where she endured inhuman physical and mental torment, before finally taking her own life with a magnolia hairpin. Reborn into another life, Shen Xianyue discovers she has returned to three years earlier. She is back on the eve of her arranged marriage, before she ever confessed her feelings to Xiao Liyang. Shen Xianyue no longer believes in men’s honeyed words. All she wants is to live freely and clear-headedly in this world. Gradually, she discovers that her father’s death in battle had another cause, and that the seemingly respectable marquis’s household is full of dark, shameful secrets… * One day, the sun shines brightly. Her maid says respectfully, “Miss, the young lord is still waiting at the gate to take you horseback riding. He’s been waiting all morning.” Facing her dressing mirror, Shen Xianyue places a pear-blossom ornament on her forehead, then smiles. “From now on, Xiao is just a stranger to me. Don’t bother with him.” After the maid leaves, a large hand, its palm roughened with calluses, gently lifts Shen Xianyue’s chin. “Qingqing, you’ll have to be more specific. Which Xiao are you talking about?”