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She thought she had fallen into the hands of her mortal enemy, but it turns out they’ve shared a mutual crush for years. One thought she was raising a “substitute,” but it turns out she found her long-lost “White Moonlight.”
The day Sikong Xue returned to the capital in triumph was the same day the Ning family was sentenced to exile. Ning Yuan hadn’t even finished embroidering her wedding dress before she was cruelly killed by her fiancé.
When she opens her eyes again, Ning Yuan has been reborn in another body. Bound in a carriage, she has become a tribute from the Succubus clan offered to the Great Liang Empire. Before she can even find a way to approach her murderers, her former rival, Sikong Xue, forces the Emperor to bestow Ning Yuan upon her.
Ning Yuan plans to use Sikong Xue’s power to avenge her family, but to her surprise, Sikong Xue remains indifferent to her false seductions and pretenses. That is, until the day this succubus body hits its “heat cycle.” Ning Yuan grabs Sikong Xue’s hand, pleading pitifully, “A-Lin, help me…”
She expected the wicked Sikong Xue to take the opportunity to mock her. Instead, Sikong Xue carefully cradles Ning Yuan’s face and whispers in her ear: “A-Yuan, since you’re the one asking for it, you aren’t allowed to regret it.”
Ning Yuan: Wait, what?!
Later, through countless nights—even after the heat had long faded—Ning Yuan still finds herself held in her “mortal enemy’s” arms, being loved without restraint.
Sikong Xue had loved Ning Yuan for years. After winning her first battle, she intended to return in glory to propose to the Prime Minister’s daughter. Instead, she was met with the news of Ning Yuan’s engagement to Yuichi Jin.
Watching the person she longed for hold up a phoenix crown and ask if it looked good, a frustrated Sikong Xue snapped: “It’s ugly as death.” The moment the words left her mouth, she regretted them. Why did I make her angry again?
To avoid causing Ning Yuan more unhappiness, Sikong Xue volunteered to suppress a rebellion in the North before she had even rested. She thought that seeing Ning Yuan married upon her return would finally kill her feelings. Instead, on the day of her return, she received a secret letter: the Ning family had angered the Emperor and were to be executed.
Sikong Xue rode like a madwoman toward the Imperial City, but she was too late.
To avenge Ning Yuan, the woman who once hated power struggles took off her armor and entered the treacherous world of court politics. Just as she reached the peak of her power, a foreign tribe offered a tribute—a succubus who looked exactly like Ning Yuan.
Sikong Xue used an imperial decree (earned through her military merits) to force the new Emperor to give the tribute to her. Looking at that identical face, Sikong Xue felt a surge of guilt—This person isn’t Ning Yuan. If I do this, am I betraying the one I love?
She kept the girl in her manor but avoided her daily. That is, until the day Sikong Xue discovered that this “tribute” knew the private secrets shared only between her and Ning Yuan.
