Reborn: The Cold and Powerful Minister's Beloved

[Cool, aloof powerbroker x noblewoman] [Devoted couple] [Unrequited love] [Unhinged] [Sweet romance]

Song Lingyi, the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Ning's household, was raised from childhood to become the crown prince's consort. Then one betrothal banquet shattered all her glory.

Xiao Jingran broke their engagement for a girl from beyond the frontier. That same day, she was smeared with vile accusations.

Disgraced and forced to enter the Eastern Palace as a secondary consort, she endured until she was on her deathbed before seeing through the malice beneath the orphan girl's false kindness.

When she opened her eyes again, there was still time.

She severed all her lingering feelings for the crown prince, refused the match in public, and walked away.

The world fears Cui Shiyu: his power over the court, his cold reserve and few words. It seems nothing in this world could move him in the slightest.

Only he knows that his feelings have lain deep in his heart for year after year.

In the past, he watched her quietly from the crowd. As she set off, full of joy, toward the crown prince, he could only suppress the storm of emotion within him and keep his distance, never daring even to hope he could approach her.

After she died, he used every means at his disposal to avenge her, but she would never know that someone had cherished her for so many years.

In this life, he remains restrained. He never speaks his feelings aloud, never pressures her or oversteps.

She proceeds cautiously, exposes the lies, and claims what she is owed from her past life. He stays behind the scenes, using his power as a shield and quietly walking the same path beside her.

If she ever looks back, he will still be there.