*Double rebirth/regression revenge angst-romance. Scheming noble alpha vs. tsundere black-inside-white-outside omega.*

Mu Lanshi loved Princess Meng Yan her whole life, but on the day Meng Yan rose to power, she grounded her sincerity into dust: “Lady Mu’s sincerity, in this palace’s eyes, is no different from the rotten rice in Pingjin Alley.”

Meng Yan caused her to lose her official position, called her the most useless alpha, trapped her in a tiny cage, falsely accused her of treason, and slaughtered all one hundred thirty-seven members of her family.

The storm raged like blades. Mu Lanshi collapsed in a pool of blood and heard someone stepping through the water.

***

Only after death did Mu Lanshi learn that Meng Yan had longed someone else in her heart. After killing Mu Lanshi, Meng Yan couldn’t wait to bring that person into the residence, indulging in nightly revelry.

Her corpse was thrown into the wilderness, left for the wolves to devour.

But at the third watch, just before dawn, a noble lady who should have been chanting sutras in Cining Palace rushed to her side. That empress, who always denounced her as absurd in the court, now pieced together her broken bones in the sea of torrential rain.

***

Qi Yingzhu saw Mu Lanshi again at a banquet where a marriage was being arranged for the princess:

Graceful as orchid and jade, noble as wind and moonlight.

It was the wind that moved, and the heart that stirred. It was the dream that turned sleepless in longing.

But she would be Meng Yan’s betrothed in name, even if the traces of that night’s passion had not yet faded.

After Mu Lanshi died, Qi Yingzhu gathered her remains, laid low for years, and once she came into power, finally held a grand funeral in the manner of a king.

She made the world know that Mu Lanshi was the best alpha to have ever lived.

But the Mu Lanshi resting in eternal slumber would never know that on the day of her grand wedding, surrounded by the cheers of the people, someone in the shadows gazed at her in silence for a long time—suppressing the most intense, deep, and hidden feelings, because they were both forbidden by propriety and incompatible in love.

***

When Mu Lanshi opened her eyes again, she found herself back on that very day.

The night before Qi Yingzhu was forced into the palace, she trembled beneath her like early spring snow, whispering: “Alpha, you must come marry me…”

The scent of desire was heavy in the air. Mu Lanshi’s voice was hoarse but resolute: “All right.”

***

When the emperor knelt at the ancestral temple to confess his sins, the ceremonial wine on the dragon throne spilled over Qi Yingzhu’s bruised waist.

Mu Lanshi tore open the golden embroidered waist belt, pressing the wedding decree soaked in incense to her heart: “It was Her Highness who gathered my broken bones in the previous life. Wasn’t I meant to repay you like this?”

The official robe tangled with ceremonial dress along with their self-condemnation rustled between their entwined knees.

Qi Yingzhu bit into her shoulder, gasping softly: “Only today did I realize, the emperor’s seal isn’t as red as Lady Mu’s marriage certificate.”

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Reading Guide:

Dual rebirth/regression, revenge, and sweet drama with a touch of angst, ancient ABO/Omegaverse, original setting. 

Scheming, proud heiress of an influential family (alpha) VS a tsundere, elegant yet pure noble girl (omega).

Forceful, aware of sinking into obsession, crawling in darkness, regrets. Characters have shades of gray.

The melodramatic female protagonist’s POV is sweet, smooth-sailing, and will ultimately rise to power.

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