Before she was reborn, Xi Ling devoted herself entirely to Gu Zheng. She broke her claws and filed down her thorns, wanting only to protect him and spend her life with him. Little did she know that the man she loved in silence would be the one to kill her with a sword.
After being reborn, Xi Ling swore that she might give up her tender heart, but she would never cast aside her fangs and claws! Anyone who crossed her would pay a hundredfold!
In her previous life, Gu Zheng resented Xi Ling for sending his parents to the executioner's block and hated how she always tried to control him. One day, he sat in a brothel, swirling his wine and watching the dancers, while the corner of his eye caught Xi Ling coming to drag him away. He sneered, "I could spend my whole life with a beggar girl from the street, but I could never spend it with you, Xi Ling."
Later, at the emperor's birthday banquet, a drunken minister asked Gu Zheng, "I wonder what kind of woman the Marquis likes?"
Gu Zheng described her: "Bold and beautiful, with a graceful figure. Most importantly, she must be ruthless and vicious..."
The ministers all thought the same thing: wasn't he describing Xi Ling in every way?"}