[Rebirth + palace intrigue + revenge + taking down scumbags + tearing apart the scheming mistress]
A cup of poisoned wine, and Empress Shen Qianyi dies in childbirth.
Reborn in the body of Chi Xiangyi, a new palace entrant, she’s shocked to learn that her once-inseparable younger sister intends to climb into the emperor’s bed and take her place. She was also murdered in her previous life!
Chi Xiangyi swears to take back everything that belongs to her and avenge her former self and the child she lost before birth.
At the New Year’s Eve palace banquet, in a grove of plum blossoms, her delicate body falls into the emperor’s familiar arms. Her jade fingers curl around his collar as Chi Xiangyi gazes at him with sultry eyes.
“Your Majesty, I’m so cold…”
The emperor grips her chin tightly, his voice as cold as ice. “Chi Xiangyi, don’t play games with me. I detest scheming women.”
Later, this cold-hearted emperor places the entire realm at her feet, all so he can grow old by her side:
“Xiangyi, will you be my empress and rule the realm at my side?”
The introduction describes how infatuated the male protagonist is, but the text feels like all the love is fake.
Woman's heart is a needle in the sea