Everyone in the capital pitied Liu Shu, the beautiful yet sickly legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Cheng’en. What they didn’t know was that hidden inside her body lived another personality—clever and calculating—who took over while Liu Shu lay unconscious, ultimately arranging her marriage to the Crown Prince.

Now awake, the real Liu Shu is timid and reserved, far from the sharp woman who secured her title. Though her husband treats her with cold indifference, she is content simply to survive. But one night, a dream reveals a shocking truth: she is a villainess in a melodramatic novel, destined to die as a disposable substitute.

Determined to escape her fate, Liu Shu carefully distances herself from palace drama. She plays the role of dutiful wife while keeping her heart guarded. But as time passes, cracks appear in their emotionless marriage. She begins to wonder if the Crown Prince is truly cold to everyone—or just to her.

Then, at a spring banquet, she sees him gentle and warm… to another woman.

Realizing she was never special, Liu Shu finally lets go.

Wen Chuyao, the Crown Prince, once saw her as nothing more than a self-serving woman, useful at best. But she had helped him once, and he repaid her with a cold, distant marriage. He thought she’d always stay quietly by his side. Until she walked away without regret.

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