Reborn as a Villainess, I Find It Too Hard to Be Good, So I Give Up

[Villainess reborn, redemption, abusive scumbags get their comeuppance, face-slapping, coercive romance, political intrigue, and intelligent characters all around] As she lay dying, Jiang Yiqian swore that in her next life, she would turn over a new leaf and become a better person. But the moment she opened her eyes, she found herself beneath the ugly Prince Yu, who was doing something unspeakable to her. Jiang Yiqian was furious. Becoming a better person didn’t mean she couldn’t take revenge or let others walk all over her. In her previous life, she had done every wicked thing imaginable, and neither her father nor her mother had loved her. Only one person had ever spoken gently to her. To help him seize the supreme throne, she endured humiliation and schemed against everyone, even sacrificing hundreds of lives from the Jiang household. The moment he took the throne, he locked her in a dungeon and sentenced her to drink poison. Her end was tragic, but she didn’t dare blame or hate anyone. She thought she had brought it all upon herself. In this life, she resolves to be a good person. But her record is so wretched, and her reputation so foul, that there’s no clearing her name. She might as well give up. Forget doing a good deed every day and earning perfect merit. To hell with all of it. Using a public flogging as her opportunity, she transforms herself into a pitiful little white lotus. She strikes back at a friend, exposes her older sister’s true colors, goes to great lengths to break off her engagement to Prince Ling, and even does everything she can to bring her sister and Prince Ling together. Just when she finally manages to get away from Prince Ling, the ghost-faced demon Prince Yu becomes obsessed with her.