The Demon Empress Defies Heaven: Reborn on the Day She Jumped into the Cold Pool to Die

(Reborn + pure relationships in both lives + two powerful leads + face-slapping)

Previous life: When Su Runan was caught up in a scandal over a prophecy and the whole world called for her death, the scoundrel emperor stepped forward to protect her. From then on, she helped him eliminate major threats to his rule, putting herself in danger and causing the death of Regent Hao Moyuan, who loved her more than life itself.

But rulers have always been suspicious, and the emperor believed most of all in the mandate of heaven. He branded her a witch, and her maternal grandfather's family and the Chancellor's household died because of her.

Reborn, she changed her appearance and temperament, clung to the regent, and joined forces with him to overthrow the scoundrel emperor's realm.

A divination proclaimed: “A rainbow rises in the east, the east flourishes and the west declines, lightning strikes the center, and a blood moon hangs in the west.”

This was enough to condemn her as a witch who would bring ruin to the country and its people.

Little did they know that western Nan Jin suffered from drought year after year. It was she who proposed “diverting eastern waters westward,” solving the region's water shortage.

The southern city of Li was far from the capital and suffered either floods or droughts year after year. She designed the Li River Weir, building dams, dividing the water, and digging canals to irrigate the land. Her work benefited the people and turned Li River City into a prosperous, fertile place.

When a rival nation invaded, she was the first to discover gunpowder and routed them so thoroughly they fled in terror...

“A witch walks among us. Heaven will not allow it...”

Hao Moyuan leaned lazily against the dragon throne, legs crossed and one hand propping up his head as he surveyed the world. “If she were a witch, you would all be ghosts by now...”