Shen Qingtang was once a bold and spirited daughter of a military family, but she became blinded by love, using her entire clan’s power to help Xie Jingyue ascend the throne. She even fought for Xie Jingyue on foreign battlefields for three years.
But when she returned after those three years, she was met not with the title of Empress, but with cold arrows aimed at her outside Meridian Gate.
Only after dying did she learn that from beginning to end, it had all been part of Xie Jingyue’s elaborate scheme.
Reborn, Shen Qingtang watches Xie Jingyue eagerly approach her again and resolutely keeps her distance.
In this life, she will not only stay away from Xie Jingyue, but make sure he gets none of what he wants.
She plots at every turn and works against Xie Jingyue, but he acts completely out of character, growing ever more obsessed with her.
And the sickly young man she once saved just to spite Xie Jingyue has somehow, at some point, reclaimed his family name and become a prince.
Xie Jingyue: “Shen Qingtang, you belong to me. You can only be mine. I won’t let you go.”
Xie Qingyun cuts him off forcefully: “If you won’t let go, I’ll just have your hand chopped off!”
“You should call her your sister-in-law now!”
“Someday, you’ll have to address her as Her Majesty the Empress!”
