(Content warning: The heroine is a true villainess who stops at nothing, and the male lead is genuinely unhinged, ruthless and cruel. There is some court intrigue; murder and arson are everyday occurrences.)
After awakening memories of her past life, Wen Yan discovered that she had become Wen Yan, daughter of the Minister of War in the Yang Dynasty, from a novel!
The book described this young woman as arrogant and domineering, wicked beyond measure, lecherous, and a ruthless killer of innocents...
Worse still, Wen Yan discovered that her father served under the treacherous minister Xie Linke.
In the novel, Xie Linke brought down the glorious Yang Dynasty, which had flourished for nearly three hundred years, and then died a miserable death beneath the enemy cavalry.
As one of Xie Linke's subordinates, the Wen family was hardly destined for a better ending.
She'd been handed the villain's script from the start.
Faced with such a disastrous beginning, you might think Wen Yan would abandon evil, join the righteous side, and latch onto someone powerful.
No, no. Wen Yan had always trusted only herself, and she was no good person.
Her father was the Minister of War, her mother was a princess personally appointed by the previous emperor, she commanded troops, and her uncle was a celebrated general. Why would she need to depend on anyone else?
When a villainess gets the villain's script, she'll show everyone what true wickedness looks like!
The treacherous minister Xie Linke prided himself on being ruthless and wicked beyond measure.
Then one day, he saw Wen Yan in action and fell silent. Only then did he realize that he was actually a good person.
