Xie Qing lived a single life and passed away peacefully at the age of seventy-five. Looking back on her life, she felt satisfied with both her career and her independence. Her only regret was never having experienced love. With that lingering wish, she closed her eyes.
When she opened them again, she had transmigrated into ancient times and become a sixteen-year-old daughter of a county magistrate.
However, her situation was far from ideal. She had awakened at the moment she was about to hang herself and was immediately pressured into an arranged marriage. Though she had started her life over, it felt as if she had been dropped into the middle of an ongoing story. Still, drawing on decades of life experience, she resolved to face the situation calmly and handle it with ease.
Meanwhile, throughout the capital, it was widely known that Prince Wu, Zhao Chengze, had gone mad. He had relinquished the throne and spent his days in his residence, staring at a pond of withered lotus flowers while repeatedly murmuring a single word—“Xie…”
His younger brother tried to persuade him, asking who he was searching for and offering full assistance. The household staff also urged him to provide a portrait of the mysterious “Miss Xie.” Yet none of them could understand his fixation, and rumors spread as to what kind of person could drive Prince Wu into such obsession.
Everything changed when a scandal from Leping County spread to the capital. It was said that a county magistrate had tried to sell his daughter for personal gain, only for the daughter herself to expose her prospective husband’s inability in a decisive and uncompromising manner. While others dismissed the incident as a mere joke, Prince Wu reacted strongly upon hearing the details.
Recognizing the sharpness, strategy, and unmistakable style behind the act, he immediately stood up, his eyes filled with intense brilliance.
He had found her.
Xie Qing… in this life, you will not escape me again.
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