S01E01 Reborn
Princess Royal Li Rong and Prime Minister Pei Wen Xuan are husband and wife, but they're not in a harmonious state. They also have different political views. Emperor Li Chuan of the Great Xia is...
The Princess Royal
S01E25: Flower Boat
Li Rong and Pei Wen Xuan make decisive choices, using their past investigations to come up with countermeasures. But they feel that Consort Rou alone cannot come up with such plots. However, she's familiar with the delay of Crown Prince's wedding. They realize that Su Rong Qing taught Li Rong that idea in their past life. Only then did they realize that Su Rong Qing was...
Overview
Because of political reasons, princess Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan got married at the age of 18. In the end they drifted further and further afar from each other. After 20 years of a loveless marriage, they were manipulated into turning against each other, leading to their deaths. However, they wake up back at 18, before their marriage, facing the hardest time of their lives. The two of them are given second change together, to save those around them.
Episodes
S01E02 The Spring Banquet
Returning to her 18-year-old self, Li Rong intends to use the Spring Banquet to choose a prince consort again. Despite her previous entanglements with Pei Wen Xuan, she now sees him as nothing more than...
S01E03 Assassination
Li Rong and Pei Wen Xuan test each other and arrive at the same conclusion, the other person has also come back in time. Both of them stop hiding their pasts and think there is...
S01E04 Consensus
The next morning, Li Chuan and Su Rong Qing, who serves as the Vice Minister of Justice, lead a group of men to find Li Rong and Pei Wen Xuan. Just having learned that the...
S01E05 Test
Pei Wen Xuan has just left Qionghua Palace when he is summoned to the Imperial Study by Li Ming. Yang Quan is already waiting there, his eyes burning with envy at the sight of Pei...
S01E06 Investigating the Yang Family
Pei Wen Xuan takes advantage of the situation to file a report on Yang Quan to Li Ming. After Yang Quan fails to kidnap the princess, he assassinates a court official. Moreover, he continues to...
S01E07 Imprisonment
Li Rong and Pei Wen Xuan argue frequently, their bickering a daily occurrence, yet they exhibit perfect harmony when it comes to strategy. While investigating the Yang family, they simultaneously begin amassing military strength for...
S01E08 Coming to Terms
After Li Rong is imprisoned, Liu Chuan visits her in prison. A lady was following him. It turns out that the lady is Qin Zhen Zhen. Pei Wen Xuan thought that Qin Zhen Zhen canceled...
S01E09 Getting Married
To promote Prince Su, Li Ming decides to send Consort Rou's brother, Xiao Su, to the frontline to replace Li Chuan. A day before the wedding, Pei Wen Xuan hands out red envelopes to other...
S01E10 Join Hands
On their wedding night, Li Rong and Pei Wen Xuan can't sleep well. Instead, they discuss plans for after their divorce. Pei Wen Xuan deliberately arranges for Su Rong Qing to pick her up during...
S01E11 Qixi Festival Banquet
Li Chuan musters enough courage and heads to Jiulu Mountain to confess to Qin Zhen Zhen. The Qixi Festival Banquet begins. Pei Wen Xuan receives news that Consort Rou held an incense-making contest for the...
S01E12 Reconciliation
Pei Wen Xuan expresses that Li Rong was the only person he loved in the past. He never had any feelings for Qin Zhen Zhen. Li Rong becomes speechless, and she chooses to avoid him....
S01E13 Inspectorate
Pei Wen Xuan suggests to Li Rong that she establish the Inspectorate, leaving Li Rong in a dilemma. Qin Zhen Zhen is grateful to Li Rong for saving her life, while Li Rong plans for...
S01E14 Targeted
Li Rong orders Xun Chuan to find the veterans and obtain their testimonies. At the same time, she intends to acquire information from the Ministry of Justice. Pei Wen Xuan was bullied in the Censorate...
S01E15 Prince Consort
Su Rong Qing is happy when Li Rong invites him to a meal. He goes to the restaurant, but Li Rong doesn't appear. He is sad. Su Rong Hua knows Su Rong Qing is sad,...
S01E16 Eliminate the Witnesses
Upon returning to Pei's Residence, Pei Wen Xuan and Li Rong engage in a fierce argument to reclaim the inheritance left by Pei Wen Xuan's father, only to be met with adamant refusal from Pei...
S01E17 Escape Plan
With no other options, Li Rong secretly sends Pei Wen Xuan out of the capital to gather evidence. He has to return before the scheduled execution of the Qin family. Li Rong, under immense pressure,...
S01E18 Disappointed Return
At the execution site, the noble families keep applying pressure on Li Ming. Just when Li Ming is about to execute them, Pei Wen Xuan finally returns with the evidence.
S01E19 Best Friends
Li Rong solves the case and becomes the Head Inspector of the Inspectorate. The Inspectorate is established officially. At the same time, Li Ming assigned Su Rong Hua as the Vice Inspector to control Li...
S01E20 Butterfly Canyon
Upon learning of the prince consort's assassination, Li Rong is consumed by fury. She vows to bring the perpetrators to justice. Disguising her true intentions as a simple outing, Li Rong decides to use herself...
S01E21 Unresolved Feelings
Li Rong uncovers the identity of the assassin leader and learns about the mastermind behind. Li Rong proposes a deal with Lin Fei Bai to assassinate Xie Lan Qing instead. Lin Fei Bai finds himself...
S01E22 Past
The next morning at the imperial court, Xie Lan Qing brings Lin Fei Bai to accuse Li Rong of an assassination attempt according to Su Rong Qing's instructions but it backfires when Li Rong counters...
S01E23 Lunar New Year
Lin Fei Bai was sentenced to military exile to the southwest border. Before his departure, Shangguan Ya goes to see him off. The intensity of their conflict was greatly reduced. Before Lin Fei Bai's departure,...
S01E24 Sabotage
With the supplementary examination approaching, Pei Wen Xuan is determined not to be outdone and is pulling out all the stops to attract scholars, engaging in a competition with Su Rong Qing. Unexpectedly, Su Rong...
S01E25 Flower Boat
Li Rong and Pei Wen Xuan make decisive choices, using their past investigations to come up with countermeasures. But they feel that Consort Rou alone cannot come up with such plots. However, she's familiar with...
S01E26 Fire at the Hall of Memorials
Pei Wen Xuan decides to pretend to divorce Li Rong and uses the opportunity to point out that the marriage talisman was forged by Consort Rou, in order to alleviate Li Ming's suspicions.
S01E27 Tense Situation
Li Rong and Su Rong Qing confront each other in front of Li Ming at the imperial study. With Hong De's suicide and his son's disappearance, Li Ming suspects Su Rong Qing. Li Ming questions...
S01E28 Appreciation Gift
Pei Wen Xuan asks Li Rong out on a date during her off day. But Li Rong has promised Cui Yu Lang that they'll discuss the imperial examination case on her off day. So, she...
S01E29 Caught in a Difficult Situation
Li Rong plays along and reveals to Consort Rou her intention to hand over control of the Inspectorate. Meanwhile, Consort Rou hints that since Li Rong and Pei Wen xuan are divorced, it would be...
S01E30 Decisive Actions
Consort Rou is in charge of investigating the examination fraud case. She's in trouble as the noble families make things difficult for her. Li Ming suggests her to use Pei Wen Xuan. Pei Wen Xuan...
S01E31 Tool
Li Rong waits patiently for the conflict between Consort Rou and the noble families to reach its climax. After that, she arranges for Chen Hou Zhao to return to the capital. She prepares evidence and...
S01E32 Severe Ties
Feeling desolate after losing Consort Rou, Li Ming summons Xiao Qian to the palace. Upon hearing this, Li Rong deduces that Li Ming intends to recall the troops to the capital.
S01E33 Winter Celebration
Li Ming proposes to hold a Winter Celebration, hoping to make a final stand at the banquet. During the banquet, everyone has their own schemes. Lin Fei Bai and Su Rong Hua compete in a...
S01E34 Past
In the past, Su Rong Qing did not kill Li Rong. He gave Pei Wen Xuan a fragrance pouch to slow down the poison of Fragrant Beauty. It means Li Rong was already poisoned before...
S01E35 Corrupt Policies
Li Cheng dies from poisoning. Xiao Qian brings in Li Cheng's double and burns his corpse.
S01E36 Truth
Pei Wen Xuan knows Li Rong's issue has been resolved and guides her patiently. He tells her the truth about the past and hopes Li Rong can untie the knot in her heart.
S01E37 Dream
Li Rong sees Li Chuan again. They reminisce about the past together. Li Chuan says that his wish is to embark on a northern expedition as his mother said that the northern part was plagued...
S01E38 Regime Change
With the regime undergoing a major shift, the fate of Pei Wen Xuan's family hinges on who holds the family master's token and the key to the treasury.
S01E39 Confrontation
Li Rong heads to the grand hall alone to confront the soldiers of the noble families. Su Rong Qing and the soldiers of the Su family arrive at the grand hall. They thought that Li...
S01E40 Spend the Rest of Youth Together
When the crown prince attacks the capital with Xun Chuan's troops, Consort Rou enters the palace and abducts Li Ming. She was shot to death with an arrow. Su Rong Qing realizes he is at...
Cast
Zhao Jinmai
Li Rong
Zhang Linghe
Pei Wenxuan
Chen Heyi
Su Rongqing
Liu Xuwei
Li Chuan
Cheng Guo
Shangguan Ya
He Qiu
Qin Zhenzhen / Xun Chuan
Yi Daqian
Su Ronghua
Sun Rui
Consort Ning
Wang Bowen
Cui Yulang
Yu Jinwei
Li Ming
Zhao Ke
Concubine Rou
Song Kejun
Jing Zhu
