In her previous life, she was the Empress of Jingguo. Her husband and the person she trusted most conspired to drug her to death. Only as she lay dying did she learn that the son she had raised was not her own. She died full of hatred.
Reborn, she takes the place of Su Yingwan, a commoner whose family was executed.
A commoner with no standing can only climb the ranks through her own strength.
She takes down, one by one, everyone connected to Qin Luobai, and puts her own people in positions of power.
She topples the scoundrel's son and helps a member of the Xiao family become emperor.
Working with Gu Pei, she reexamines every case involving those implicated and exposes the corrupt officials in court.
The throne belongs to the Xiao family alone.
This book is really worth reading. It is the least inked plot I have ever read.