📕Reborn, I spoke first: “My heart belongs to another; may the prince find another bride.”

00:00 Story 1: In my previous life, Thalion was in love with my sister, while I had a thing for his brother.
Yet fate was cruelly ironic—our affections were for each other’s siblings, and they ended up together.
Fearing I might meddle, Thalion secured an imperial decree to marry me off preemptively.
Enemies marrying always stirs envy.
We spent our lives at odds, quarreling endlessly, and ultimately, we died by each other’s hands.
When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to the day Thalion sought the emperor’s permission to wed me.
In the imperial study, the emperor asked him, “Does the second young lady of the Elowen family favor you?”
Before he could answer, I stepped into the hall and spoke first:
“My heart already belongs to another. I hope Your Highness will find a more suitable match.”
01:01:04 Story 2: Kael had barely drawn his last breath when the palace delivered the funeral roster.
My name was at the very top.
I stared at the white silk shroud brought for me, refusing to comply with the burial.
I would not die simply because I bore a child with Prince Ning Kael—such a fate was unjust.
Yet the officials of the Ministry of Rites said, “Before the prince’s passing, he petitioned His Majesty to record the young duke under the family of his secondary consort, Lenore. Now, Princess, can you depart in peace?”
I still refused to die.
The palace executioner, eager to complete his duty, ruthlessly snapped my neck.
As life slipped away, a faint voice lingered in my ears: “Zinnia! You’ve made it impossible for Lenore to bear children—this is your retribution!”
So after my death, Kael had taken a secret potion, returned from the dead, and the entire household celebrated.
Lenore, honored for raising the young duke, was elevated to principal wife.
And I became nothing more than a memorial tablet in the prince’s mansion.
When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day of the engagement’s cancellation.

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