Yan Qing is reborn on her wedding day, witnessing her husband and her half-sister entwined in her bridal chamber. She sets Wu’an Marquis Manor ablaze.
Thinking of the Ye Family’s unjust grievances and lost lives, she tosses the divorce letter and turns to cling tightly to the leg of that fake cousin in her household.
When the concubine schemes, she shields her cousin from calamity.
When her scoundrel father is ruthless, she covers her cousin’s hardships.
When princes vie for power, she scouts formidable marital alliances for her cousin… Yan Qing wholeheartedly safeguards her cousin, hoping only that he can protect the Ye Family and her mother and brother amidst the turmoil.
Yet, every night, her cousin enters her dreams, locking her in his embrace and whispering nightly: Qing Qing, you are mine… In daylight, her cousin is refined and courteous, but at night, he is like a wolf or tiger!
Yan Qing is terrified. After aiding her cousin in seizing power, she scurries away. On the day of his ascension, her cousin presses her onto the imperial bed, eyes crimson: Qing Qing, what should be done and what shouldn’t, you’ve done them all for me. Where else do you think you can flee?
Yan Qing’s face flushed with embarrassment: “I only wanted to help Cousin…” “Then help for a lifetime…” The man grips her slender waist, just as in the dreams.
The next day, Yan Qing supports her waist to rise from the bed, now the Empress of the Central Palace.
Her former husband and half-sister kneel before her, trembling… *In her previous life, Yan Huai Zhou watched Yan Qing marry.
Thinking it a good match, her wish fulfilled, he never imagined the wedding was their eternal parting.
He ruled the world, yet lived alone, sleeping daily beside her corpse.
Opening his eyes again, he returns to the time Yan Qing is marrying, gazing at the young girl shielding him.
His eyes turn crimson.
Step by step, he lures her into his long-planned trap, consuming her entirely.
The emperor’s strategy, the world in chaos.
This lifetime, both the realm and the beauty, he will claim.
