Princess Qi Ranran is the daughter left behind by the late emperor and empress — noble by birth and admired by all.
Her husband, Yu Changfeng, is a man of unparalleled status and dignity: the youngest and most powerful leader of the Celestial Master’s Hall, lofty and untouchable.
To the outside world, they are the perfect couple — a union as flawless as jade and pearl.
But after two years of marriage, Qi Ranran suddenly demanded a divorce, shaking the entire capital and humiliating her exalted husband.
The man she intended to leave him for was Chu Chengyan, a graceful and scholarly third-ranking laureate. Yet in the end, his betrayal destroyed her utterly — she lost everything and died in a fire.
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When her soul drifted above her own corpse, Qi Ranran saw Yu Changfeng coming to bury her remains.
The man who had always been proud and restrained now stood in silent grief. His lonely figure before her coffin was bleak and devastating.
He had always been untouchable — elegant, powerful, and pure, with only one “stain” in his entire life: his reckless wife who never cherished him.
Qi Ranran thought that after everything, reconciliation between them would be impossible. But as she watched him mourn her with wordless sorrow, her heart began to ache in ways she could not name.
When she opened her eyes again—
Qi Ranran had returned to the past, just before the divorce.
Only last night she had fought bitterly with Yu Changfeng over Chu Chengyan, drafted the divorce papers, and planned to seek imperial approval the next morning.
When she pushed open the door, Yu Changfeng stood under the eaves, robes immaculate, expression calm yet cold as ice.
“The carriage is ready,” he said flatly. “We can part ways today.”
Below the mountain stood Chu Chengyan in bright red wedding robes; before her, her cold and distant husband who would soon become her ex.
Remembering her past life and everything that followed, Qi Ranran smiled brightly and met Yu Changfeng’s sharp, icy gaze.
“Yu Changfeng,” she said sweetly, “I’d like to stay in the Celestial Master’s Hall tonight. I can’t divorce you today.”
Yu Changfeng’s lashes lifted slowly, dark eyes filling with mockery.
“Stay? Are you tired of the outside world?”
“Do you think my Hall is a place you can come and go as you please?”
But later—
it was he who clung to her hand with reluctant tenderness, eyes once cold now burning with desire as he kissed the corner of her lips.
“Since you’re here,” he whispered hoarsely, “don’t leave tonight.”
Chu Chengyan, the scholar who once seemed so gentle and refined, turned out to be fickle and heartless.
He once thought his affair with Qi Ranran was all pretense — until too late, when he realized he truly loved her.
Upon his own rebirth, he repented bitterly and rushed to find her—
only to be stopped at the gates of the Celestial Master’s Hall by the man who was supposed to have separated from her long ago.
That man looked down at him, collar slightly open to reveal faint red marks beneath his throat, and said coldly:
“The princess is resting. She won’t see you.”
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