Reborn and Rising: The Arrogant Lady Official Climbs Higher Step by Step

In her previous life, Shen Qinghao was deceived by a scumbag, leading to the death of her brilliant elder brother, the death of her upright and selfless father from grief, and her mother's descent into madness. Her younger sister also tragically fell into a manure pit and drowned, while Shen Qinghao herself became a kept woman and died after a miscarriage...

Reborn, she killed the scumbag with her own hands and vowed to protect everyone she cared about. Wearing the glory her brother had bestowed upon her, she left a remote county town for the capital, conned the second-generation heirs of the Six Ministries, and made a fortune in the blink of an eye. She exhausted every open stratagem and hid countless schemes, then passed the imperial examinations and donned a purple robe. She never dared slack off for a moment in her studies of literature and martial arts, and at last climbed step by step to the highest ranks...