Reborn as the Marquess’s Wife, I Usurp the Throne and Become Empress

[Palace Intrigue + Household Intrigue + Clear-Headed Marchioness + Historical Romance + Face-Slapping] Nan Wan fell in love with Lu Gelin, the heir to the Wuning Marquis’s household. Completely assimilated by this feudal world, she learned that he liked gentle women and suppressed her true nature, becoming gentle, dignified, and obedient. In return, he betrayed her. She disguised herself as a man and went to war in his place, all to win him honor and acclaim. Yet he secretly got her half-sister pregnant without a matchmaker’s arrangements, then claimed the five children were those of his savior. The children were placed under her name and given the titles of legitimate son and daughters. She carefully raised all five into remarkable talents. But in the end, those five children and their wicked parents brought ruin upon her entire family. Her eldest brother, a refined young gentleman and future chancellor, was skinned alive! Her second brother, a rakish man with countless pawnshops, was executed by being torn apart by five horses. Her third brother, a chivalrous martial arts alliance leader, was made into a human torso! She, a noblewoman of illustrious birth, had the tendons in her hands and feet severed before she was thrown to the beggars. And they all ascended together to the highest seat of power. Everyone said the Emperor and Empress were deeply devoted to each other, but they had risen to power by trampling on the blood of people like her. The two were reborn before they had done the deed. She promptly threw her half-sister to the beggars south of the city, and naturally took her generous dowry into her own spatial storage. Her half-sister was pregnant with five genius babies, and her husband doted on her endlessly. But are you sure those children are yours? You took me for a fool, but you’re the fools! This time, I’ll seize the throne and become Empress! Unexpectedly, the green-tea prince of an enemy kingdom pursued her relentlessly, calling her “big sister” nonstop.