[1v1, empowering female lead, traditional court intrigue and palace warfare, reborn heroine takes down scumbags, serves up face-slapping, and seizes the throne. After being reborn, she is clear-headed and rational.]
The beloved and high-born Princess Yongjia, Li Qingzhao, was brilliant and talented, with the world in her heart. And yet, she had committed treason!
Emperor Yongxuan was grief-stricken. But he doted on Princess Yongjia too much to punish her severely, and instead confined her to the palace for the rest of her life.
In a pitch-black, freezing dungeon, Li Qingzhao lay dying, shackled by heavy iron chains. She muttered,
“When the cunning hares are dead, the hounds are cooked. When the birds are gone, the good bows are put away. When the enemy state is conquered, the strategists are killed.”
Emperor Yongxuan appeared in the dungeon, his presence commanding even without anger. “Yongjia.”
Li Qingzhao cried out in anguish and resentment, “Father, why?”
“When your father was powerless, the Chen and Luo families did everything they could to help you ascend the throne. They guarded the borders and fought the enemies of Great Dong, devoted their lives to the country, and remained utterly loyal to you and Great Dong. What crime have they committed?”
“And what crime have I committed?”
An imperial bodyguard presented a cup of poisoned wine at the emperor’s command. “Your Highness, please!”
Urgent, panicked shouts from the palace servants rang in her ears: “The Second Prince has stormed the palace with his troops!”
The Second Imperial Brother was rebelling?
He had died back in the twenty-second year of Yongxuan. How could he be rebelling?
“Princess Yongjia, the Second Prince’s troops have reached the southern gate!”
Reborn, Li Qingzhao had become clear-headed and rational.
Promises worth a thousand gold, boundless favor: none of it was worth a thing to her!
In this life, she wanted only to seize power and take the throne, protect her mother and imperial brother, shield the Chen and Luo families, and force her father to abdicate!
She never expected Lu Yuesheng, the young heir of the Duke of Anguo, to throw a tantrum and beg the Empress Dowager to arrange a marriage for him. He was willing to give up a fortune to marry Princess Yongjia.
The Duke of Anguo wept: “You unfilial brat, that’s my coffin money!”
Lu Yuesheng: “For love, I’d give up everything.”
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