📕Reborn, I called off engagement, mended family ties, married the marquis’s son who loved me.

00:00 Story 1: On the day I came of age, the snow fell heavily, and he said he wanted to call off the engagement.
When I heard the news, I was sitting in the warm pavilion, drinking the hot milk that Qinvi had prepared for me. The steam curled lazily around my face, and my eyes narrowed in comfort.
Yes, I am Zijinga, the legitimate daughter of the Xiang family—and I had only just discovered yesterday that I had been reborn.
At present, the emperor is nearing fifty, neither robust nor frail, and still refuses to appoint a crown prince. The princes have grown restless, scheming with ministers behind the scenes, and the ministers themselves have begun taking sides quietly.
The Xiang family, once untainted by mud, has always stood solely with the emperor. When the emperor was young, he had known my father in humble circumstances and they were close. So from birth, I was granted the title of Countess of Tamika, along with a small parcel of land.
It was the kind of fortune that ordinary daughters of officials could only dream of.
Alas, in my previous life, I lost my mind, entranced by the visage of the Third Prince. I insisted—against all reason—on marrying him.
I completely ignored two inconvenient truths: my father didn’t take sides, and my mind could never outmatch the cunning of the Third Prince.
The marriage happened anyway, and as expected, I received no favor. Jealous of Xuaner, I committed a series of reckless deeds.
In the end, driven by selfish desire, I even colluded with enemies, nearly causing a catastrophe, ultimately bringing ruin to the Xiang family.
I watched my doting father, his clothes in tatters, kneeling at the execution platform, pelted by rotten vegetables from oblivious citizens—and I lost my mind.
I rushed forward to snatch the blade, only to stab myself by accident.
When I awoke, I was back at fourteen.
01:15:09 Story 2: In my past life, it was only after Lucien's death that I realized I had wronged him. The woman named Yolanda had given birth to his child and was living off his “bad boy” reputation. With only a hint of blood relation, she moved into the Lucien family.
Over the next decade, she ruthlessly drove his parents to their deaths, using the child to inherit Lucien’s family business. She rose to power in one swift motion.
Years later, she smiled at me with feigned sweetness and said, "Sugar, Lucien never cheated on me. I just happened to pick up a little umbrella you two used in a hotel room."
With a victorious smirk, she taunted me mercilessly.
When I opened my eyes again, I found myself back on the day I married Lucien.

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