第1章 噩梦成真了

A nightmare come true

Chu Ruoyan, the eldest daughter of the Duke of Chu's household, saw her betrothed's family perish in battle—all except her fiancé, who survived but was left crippled.

Everyone assumed the engagement would be called off, yet the Chu family's heiress proceeded with the wedding as scheduled, uttering just two words: "I consent."

No one knew Chu Ruoyan had suffered a nightmare.

In the dream, she broke off her engagement with Yan Zheng. Three years later, while being courted by the heir of Pingjing Marquisate, rebel forces stormed the capital.

The city became a blood-soaked hellscape. Atop the walls stood the rebel leader—none other than Yan Zheng, who had just been appointed Chief Grand Councilor!

He beheaded her prospective groom, slaughtered the entire Pingjing Marquisate household, then subjected her pleading father to relentless humiliation until the old man leaped to his death from the city walls.

Upon waking, Chu Ruoyan made two immediate decisions:

Marry him. Then kill him.

Fate proved unpredictable. While the second resolution remained unfulfilled, she somehow became the most revered woman in the realm.

楚国公府嫡女楚若颜，未婚夫家满门战死，未婚夫苟活却成残废。
人人都道这门亲事要黄，可楚家嫡女如期出阁，只说两字——愿嫁。
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谁都不知道楚若颜做了一个噩梦。
梦里，她同晏铮退了亲，三年后相看平靖侯世子，却遭叛军攻城。
京城沦为血海地狱，那叛军之首立在城头，正是刚封首辅的晏铮！
他砍了她未来夫婿的脑袋，灭了平靖侯府满门，还将前去苦劝的父亲百般羞辱，逼得老父跳城身亡！
醒来后的楚若颜立刻作出两个决定：
嫁过去、弄死他。
世事难料，第二个决定迟迟未成，她却成了天底下最尊贵的女人。