The Reborn Princess Consort Goes on a Rampage

[No romance + strong female protagonist + reborn + transmigrated woman] In her past life, the throne was stolen and the empire changed hands. The princess was killed in her own courtyard by the consort she had loved with all her heart. Now she has returned, and accidentally learns that she lives inside a book, where her whole life is spent serving the heroine. Chu Qingning refuses to accept this. My fate is mine to decide, not heaven’s. If heaven insists I follow the plot, then I don’t mind fighting back. Shen Yihuan transmigrates here and gradually becomes assimilated, turning into a feudal woman willing to be a concubine. Later, she sees Chu Qingning establish a school for women and fight the era’s feudal ways, holding her own against a crowd of officials at court. Little by little, she awakens. After requesting an imperial decree for their marriage, Chu Qingning stockpiles grain and gives out porridge in the capital. She commands the battlefield with skill, holding off ten thousand men, and asks for a divorce on the strength of her glorious military achievements. Pei Zhijin sneers. “So what if Chu Qingning wins glory on the battlefield? Can she endure the pain of a bed of nails piercing her belly?” Without a word, Chu Qingning rolls across the bed of nails. Covered in wounds, she flings the divorce letter, written in bold, sweeping strokes, into Pei Zhijin’s face. Pei Zhijin is furious, but comforts himself: It’s fine. Without Chu Qingning, he’ll finally be able to marry the woman he loves, Le Yao. Shen Leyao marries him as expected, but after awakening, she hastily writes a divorce letter. A selfish, arrogant fool like Pei Zhijin? I wouldn’t touch him with a ten-foot pole. She resolutely rolls across the bed of nails, then throws the divorce letter in Pei Zhijin’s face. Everyone is stunned. “Just how awful is Pei Zhijin that two pampered young women would rather roll across that freezing bed of nails than marry him?” Pei Zhijin: ???