Soul-Binding Love

After Empress Dowager Shen Yueming was poisoned to death in the previous dynasty, her soul was reborn as Su Qingyue, the concubine daughter of the Prime Minister, and became the concubine of her adopted brother and the current Emperor Xie Jin. Xie Jin tried to summon her soul with blood for three years but did not recognize that she had possessed Su Qingyue. Initially wanting to escape, Su Qingyue fell in love with the cold yet only warm-hearted Xie Jin amidst their entanglement, and the two formed a blood pact with fates intertwined. To save her brother Shen Yunkai, Su Qingyue maneuvered with Xie Jin and helped her legitimate sister pretend to be the Empress Dowager possessing her body, though her identity was eventually exposed. She later discovered that her death in the previous life was the result of Prime Minister Su Ce's conspiracy. With Shen Yunkai leading an uprising to force the imperial court, Su Qingyue finally protected Xie Jin and revealed the truth. To grant her freedom, Xie Jin abdicated as Emperor and became the Retired Emperor, and the two left the palace to live together in the common people.