Reborn to Marry the War God Prince, Doted on Until My Back Aches

Song Jiuning was the daughter of a powerful military family who sacrificed her entire clan to help Shen Yunting seize the throne. After his ascension, Shen Yunting branded the Song family as traitors, executing them all while sparing only Song Jiuning and her half-sister, Song Qingyao. Song Jiuning endured forty-nine days of brutal torture in a water prison before being thrown into a snake pit, where she died filled with hatred. Her vengeful spirit lingered, watching as the empire crumbled without her family's military support. Prince Gongning, Shen Wenjing, a rival claimant who had previously withdrawn from the succession war, suddenly reemerged. He demanded the restoration of the Song family's name in exchange for quelling border chaos, eventually forcing his way to the throne and kneeling before the defeated Shen Yunting to find Song Jiuning, insisting she was not dead.

A brilliant light transported Song Jiuning's soul back to her body six years in the past, to the day of Shen Wenjing's twentieth birthday celebration. She had been drugged with an aphrodisiac by Shen Yunting and Song Qingyao, who framed Shen Wenjing for the incident. In her previous life, this event had turned the Song family against Shen Wenjing and cemented her devotion to Shen Yunting. Now reborn, Song Jiuning recognized the betrayal and, facing the drug's effects, begged Shen Wenjing to save her. He carried her to his chambers, where their physical intimacy served as the antidote. Unlike before, Song Jiuning declared her heart belonged to him, not Shen Yunting, and Shen Wenjing agreed to marry her, though his motives remained ambiguous and cold.

Upon returning to the Song manor, Song Jiuning confronted Song Qingyao, exposing her treachery and forcing her to reveal that Shen Yunting had provided the poison. She administered a monthly poison to Song Qingyao to ensure her silence and retrieved a jade pendant as evidence. Song Jiuning then met with Shen Wenjing at a restaurant, where she attempted to deepen their alliance. However, Shen Wenjing, suspecting her of manipulation, grew increasingly jealous and aggressive, accusing her of still loving Shen Yunting. He physically restrained her in the palace gardens, believing she was betraying him, while secretly observing her interactions with her former lover.

Song Jiuning, undeterred, agreed to Shen Yunting's request to testify against Shen Wenjing during a palace audience, planning to use the moment to destroy him. As she entered the Imperial Study alongside Shen Wenjing, the tension between the three royals and the emperor reached a critical point. Shen Yunting falsely claimed Shen Wenjing was responsible for the drugging incident, attempting to secure his own position by eliminating his rival. Song Jiuning, now fully aware of the stakes, prepared to turn the tables on both her betrayers, leveraging her rebirth and newfound alliance with the powerful Prince Gongning to reclaim her family's honor and exact revenge.