[Transmigrate into a book + princess’s comeback + winning over the Imperial Preceptor] Bai Qing, an antique shop owner, unexpectedly transmigrates into a book and becomes the violent Fifth Princess of the Southern Jin Kingdom, who had loved the male lead so devotedly that she lost everything.
The marquis male lead, once the object of the original owner’s obsession; the female lead, a seemingly immaculate miracle-working physician; the ruthless second female antagonist; and her scheming imperial sister, who is always plotting to bring her down. Every one of them wants her dead!
Bai Qing has the script in hand and declares she’s done being a cannon-fodder simp!
She starts her redemption by dumping the male lead and building a circle of loyal allies. She never expects to make a comeback and become the darling of the entire imperial family.
Then the mysterious, handsome Imperial Preceptor, famed for being impossible to read, appears before her, and she feels as if a sword is hanging over her neck.
She decides to follow her heart: “If I can’t beat him, I’ll bring him home and spoil him.”
After all, looking at that face is enough to make her eat two extra bowls of rice!
It was pretty good, I liked it. I even cried at the end; it's rare for a novel to make me cry.