[Both the heroine and the scum male lead are reborn + sisters switch marriages + true and fake heiresses + revenge on the scum + the whole family pays dearly + household intrigue + court politics + marrying into a higher-ranking family]
In her previous life, Yun Shuyu gave everything to pave the way for Xiao Jinheng, helping him seize military power and rise to the top. But once he had achieved fame and success, the first thing he did was demote her from wife to concubine.
Only then did she learn that he had always loved her cousin! The mix-up on their wedding day had been their scheme all along, and she had foolishly gone back and married him anyway.
While she worked herself to the bone to advance his career, he was carrying on with her cousin! Even the son she had raised for six years was his and her cousin’s, while her own baby was thrown into a mass grave by his own hand the moment it was born!
And the people who helped bring all this about were none other than her parents!
When she opened her eyes again, she was reborn at the wedding ceremony. She discovered that Xiao Jinheng had also been reborn, and was trying to coax her into taking her cousin’s place to marry the comatose Prince Jing and bring him good fortune?
She smiled and nodded. “All right.”
She tore up the marriage contract, returned the token, and turned around to become Princess Jing.
The whole capital waited to see her make a fool of herself. Her scummy parents hoped she would die with the prince to cover up the truth about the switched children. Instead, word came that Prince Jing had awakened, reclaimed his power, and was treating her like a queen.
Later, when the real county lady, Yun Shuyu, reclaimed her rightful place and the entire Yun clan fell, they all prostrated themselves at her feet. Her scummy parents begged for forgiveness. “We were wrong. We shouldn’t have coveted your title!”
After Xiao Jinheng’s household was confiscated and he was exiled, regret gnawed at him. “A Yu, I’m the one you should have married!”
Standing atop the city wall, Yun Shuyu looked down at what had become of them all and smiled faintly. “I won’t forgive you. Go to hell!”
Prince Jing’s clear voice sounded beside her. “If you keep watching, Princess, I won’t leave him with a whole corpse.”