Mi Yao transmigrated into a novel about heroes vying for supremacy, becoming the “pink skeleton (*)” on the widowed king male lead’s path to power. As his ex-wife, she was breathtakingly beautiful and brilliantly talented, but she looked down on this warlord of humble origins.
(*) Cute outside, savage inside.
First, she tried to escape the marriage. After being caught, she bore a grudge against him. Unable to defeat the male lead directly, she took it out on his adopted children—until she met a gruesome end, torn apart by five horses.
Now, reborn after her sudden death, Mi Yao has no interest in following the plot. Instead of scheming, she spends her days eating, drinking, and fussing over how to maintain the beauty that once made her the number one beauty of Jiangnan. She’s done enough hard labor in her past life; now she only wants to lie flat and be a pampered wife.
When word spread that his fiancée planned to elope with her lover, Xiao Xu chased them down on a snowy night. A destitute scholar blocked his path, calling him a “warlord of chaos” and a “traitor to the nation.” His fiancée declared she would rather live in poverty than be tainted by such a brute.
Their foolish words were laughable. Glancing at the delicate beauty shivering on the cart, skin like jade, Xiao Xu sneered: “Idiots don’t understand—power and wealth are the best nourishment for a beauty.”
At those words, his fiancée’s once-dull eyes suddenly lit up with brilliance. Looking at him, she sighed from the heart: “Xiao Lang, what you said is truly wonderful!”
