Summary
Qi Ranran is the eldest princess left by the late empress. Her politically arranged husband is transcendent and extraordinary, a highly respected figure of immense power, not one to be trifled with lightly.
The world praises them as a perfect match, yet two years into their marriage, Qi Ranran proactively sought a divorce, not only causing an uproar throughout the city but also severely wounding his pride.
The reason she sought divorce was a handsome, scholarly third-rank imperial examination graduate. However, later, it was also because of this scholar’s betrayal that her plans fell through, ultimately leading to her death in a fire.
—While her spirit drifted mid-air, Qi Ranran unexpectedly saw her ex-husband, Yu Changfeng, arriving to arrange her burial.
As the youngest authority figure in the Celestial Master Manor, Yu Changfeng is noble and aloof, unparalleled in both appearance and power. The only stain in his life is probably having had such an “ungrateful,” unrestrained wife like her.
Qi Ranran initially thought reconciliation between her and Yu Changfeng, this resentful pair, was impossible. Yet, in the mourning hall, watching his inexplicably desolate and lonely figure, she suddenly felt a pang of discomfort in her heart.
…
When she opened her eyes again, Qi Ranran had returned to before the divorce.
Just the previous night, she had quarreled fiercely with Yu Changfeng over the scholar and drafted the divorce papers, ready to request an official annulment the next morning.
Pushing open the door, she found Yu Changfeng standing under the corridor in his ceremonial crown and robes, his expression calm and unruffled, but his voice chillingly cold, “The carriage is ready. We can divorce today.”
At that moment, below the mountain was the scheming scholar in wedding robes; before her was the soon-to-be ex-husband with whom she had just fallen out. Recalling her past life, Qi Ranran pondered briefly, then brightly met Yu Changfeng’s bone-chilling, oppressive gaze.
“Yu Changfeng, I wish to stay overnight at the Celestial Master Manor. I cannot divorce you today.”
…Yu Changfeng slowly lifted his eyelids, his dark pupils instantly flooding with sarcasm,
“Stay overnight? Tired of the outside?”
“Do you truly think my Celestial Master Manor is a place you can come and go as you please?”
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But later, it was also he who, reluctant to let go, gripped Qi Ranran’s hand, his usually indifferent, profound eyes surging with passion, kissing her corner of the lips in a daze,
“Since you’re here, don’t leave tonight.”
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The scholar Chu Chengyan appears gentle and refined but is actually fickle and unfeeling. He prided himself on his feigned affection toward Qi Ranran, yet as time passed, he belatedly realized he had genuinely fallen for her.
Upon rebirth, he suddenly repented and eagerly rushed to find her, only to be stopped outside the door by that Celestial Master who should have long parted ways with Qi Ranran.
The man lowered his gaze, his slightly open collar revealing ambiguous, vivid red marks, looking down at him as if scorning an ant,
“The princess is tired and has retired for the night. She will not see you.”
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