Her crimes in her previous life: harming imperial consorts, slaughtering royal heirs, colluding with officials outside the palace, bringing disgrace to the imperial household, and attempting to poison the emperor. Rong Xi had been empress for seven years. Though gentle, kind, self-disciplined, and respectful, she was branded the most vicious woman in the land and died bearing a grudge.
Reborn as a courtesan, she returned one day with a body steeped in bloodshed, to stand at the emperor's side.
Then in this life, she would become the vicious woman he called her: corrupt the emperor, disrupt the court, bring misery to the people, shatter the moral order, destroy his kingdom, and take everything from him.
The absurd thing was that she had spent her whole life imitating another woman, only to learn at the end that the woman was herself! More absurd still, in this life she was ruthless and committed every kind of evil, yet was honored as a wise empress and given the posthumous title Xiaode Shuxian. What she had begged for in her previous life, she refused in this one, and could not escape. The irony was beyond words.
So... being a poison empress was no easy task...
Very good! But the Ninth Prince is a little pitiful