Rank
Alternative
Author(s)
Genre(s)
Tag(s)
- Ambiguous attraction + pure love + a destined rivalry
- All-female cast
Reborn as a fallen princess, Xie Yu wakes to find the rebel army already storming the capital.
She quickly gathers her things and decides to flee the palace.
On the road to escape, she comes across a frail young woman standing frozen in the street, too stunned to move.
The girl is tall and slender, pale as paper, her lips without a hint of color. She looks as if the slightest breeze could topple her.
But the city is in chaos. Rebels are searching house to house, citizens are fleeing in panic, and ruffians are taking advantage of the turmoil.
At such a desperate moment, Xie Yu hesitates only briefly before reaching out.
“Come with me. I’ll get you out of here.”
Xie Yu moves quickly, the girl was stumbling after her as she pulled her along by the hand.
Half an hour later, they are still discovered by the rebels.
The city burns bright behind them as rebel soldiers on horseback tower above, their armor gleaming coldly.
Despair crashes over Xie Yu. She lowers her voice and says, “When the time comes, we’ll split up. I’ll draw their attention away from you.”
But before she can act, the leading soldier raises his hand in salute,
not to her, but to the girl behind her.
“Commander, forgive me. I failed to capture the fleeing Third Princess.”
Commander? The so-called demon leader of the rebellion?
Stunned, Xie Yu slowly turns her head.
The sickly girl’s dark eyes gleam with quiet poise, reflecting the firelight. She lifts the hand still clasped with Xie Yu’s and says calmly:
“No need to search further. The Third Princess is right here.”
Xie Yu has offended the rebel commander, Shen Changyin, and is thrown back into the palace to await death.
Terrified, she waits day after day for poison wine to appear.
But instead of a death warrant, what arrives is… a marriage edict.
Shen Changyin wants Xie Yu to marry her.
Xie Yu: Huh?!
*******
In her past life, Shen Changyin had been ruined by the Xie imperial clan. Forced into marriage with the Third Princess Xie Yu, she became a widow before they even met, bound to mourn a wife she never knew.
Later, betrayed and abandoned, she died a miserable death.
This time, she returns reborn, raising her army in rebellion, determined to drag the entire Xie family down into hell.
But on that fateful day, as fire lit up the streets, a red-clad Xie Yu who clearly didn’t know her still reached out and tried to pull her to safety.
Her once-dead, never-met wife was alive again.
Shen Changyin narrows her eyes, finding this far too interesting.
******
Theme: Love can make one unyielding, yet also tender.
