[Satisfying revenge + strong female lead + face-slapping + unhinged characters]
[Domineering, ruthless head of the household × soft-hearted, multifaceted favorite courtier]
In her previous life, Gui Shanyun endured everything, always yielding and lowering herself. In the end, she was manipulated into becoming empress in name only, living in outward splendor but treated worse than a brothel prostitute. She ultimately met a tragic death.
Reborn into a new life, Gui Shanyun refuses to swallow her grievances and remarries. On the very first day of her new marriage, her husband abandons her to live alone in the residence, and the whole city buzzes with gossip.
Then she’ll dismiss all the concubines and earn herself a reputation for jealousy.
As her reputation takes a turn for the worse, she stops following the rules and behaving like a proper wife.
She speaks her mind and puts her feet up.
Her left foot belongs to the emperor’s favorite courtier, her rightful husband; her right foot to a new rising star who placed third in the imperial examination.
When she realizes the emperor sitting high above is rambling like a madman about her, just as he did in her previous life, she says, “Your Majesty, I… only want you to favor me.”
Her rightful husband gets jealous and, all aggrieved, says, “My dear, I’m one of the emperor’s favorites, you know.”
