The Princess Refuses to Be Reborn

[A nontraditional rebirth story / strong heroine + equally matched leads + political intrigue + marriage before love + devotion to country and family]

[Grand scale, no System, no brainless characters, no women fighting each other for a man]

A paralyzed father, a young brother, an attendant who stole the imperial seal, courtiers who've all fled, enemies waiting outside the city to loot it, and a pack of ambitious imperial uncles. Without the princess, this country will fall apart!

Yet they tell her, “Princess, run! Hurry, get as far away as you can. Go marry someone, and none of this will have anything to do with you.”

The princess says, “No. I won't. If this place can't do without me, then it's only right and proper for me to reclaim what's mine, isn't it?

“And while I'm at it, I'll take a lover. No, a consort. You don't mind, do you?”

A father who does nothing but muddle through life, a useless mother who died young, a bullying older brother, and now someone's forcing her to marry him?

The world is going downhill. These days, even being a kept man is no easy job. She has to do everything! This is outrageous. Why not just divorce her and be done with it?

Huh? Then why does life feel so dull without her? If that's the case, I'll have to invent a new way to be a kept man. Why shouldn't a woman be able to win the world through a man?

Smart and capable leads, a lighthearted struggle, plenty of fun, and occasional madness. Political intrigue!