After the Sickly Bride Faked Her Death and Took Her Sister's Place, the Whole Family Regretted It

[Regret Arc] [Devoted and Powerful Couple] [Clear-Headed Heroine] [Marriage Before Love]

Lin Wantang was born frail, and a master predicted she would not live past twenty.

Her family loved her dearly, and her childhood sweetheart and fiancé was devoted to her. Everyone envied her good fortune.

Song Congwen searched everywhere for a way to prolong her life, but when he finally found a human medicine source whose blood could keep her alive, he fell in love with her. After others sowed discord, her family accepted the medicine source as their adopted daughter, too.

As her family and fiancé turned away from her, Lin Wantang neither wept nor made a fuss. She turned and entered the palace, volunteering to take another bride's place in a political marriage to a foreign land. In her red bridal robes, she became a heroine who fought to protect peace throughout the realm.

On her wedding day, her fiancé married the human medicine source. She faked her death and passed him by in the bridal carriage of a princess sent abroad to marry.

When her family heard she was dead, they were consumed by regret, kneeling before her coffin day and night in repentance.

After taking another bride's place in the political marriage, Lin Wantang had intended to sacrifice herself for her country. But the legendary, cold and violent king kept her locked in his arms every night.

The man gripped her chin and, possessive and domineering, traced her lips with his own blood. His voice was feverishly tender: "Wantang, I'll give you my blood, my heart, and even the whole world. Will you have them?"

When the nations came to pay homage, her former fiancé saw the breathtakingly beautiful woman beside the cold, ruthless king. His heart shattered. Regret reddened his eyes, and he went mad with grief...