[A sweet-on-the-outside, ruthless-on-the-inside heroine chosen by fate + satisfying revenge + household intrigue + palace intrigue]
Su Yinglian, a concubine-born daughter, has endured humiliation and struggled to survive in the inner household for fifteen years. Her legitimate elder sister looks down on her, her stepmother bullies her, and even when it comes to marriage, she can only become a concubine.
She refuses to let her future children be mistreated for their lowly birth, so she is determined to marry into a powerful family as its principal wife.
By chance, a master bestows a new name on her, and she takes it as a sign that Heaven has destined her to become empress.
So she drives a wedge between her father and stepmother, then fakes her death to start over with a new identity.
Her clever childhood friend and cousin is always full of schemes, and all it takes is a beckoning finger for him to do her bidding.
Can she only be a concubine if she marries a prince? No matter. She'll take on the women of the inner household one by one.
The emperor sees through her true nature and orders her execution? Then she'll strike first, kill the emperor, and put her son on the throne.
Anyone who stands in her way will die. If even the Buddha blocks her path, she'll send him straight to the afterlife to reincarnate.
Only after she finally takes the throne as empress does Su Yinglian realize she misunderstood Heaven's message: she can claim the empire's highest seat for herself.
Content warning: There is no romance. The men are just tools. The heroine needs no one but herself. She is a heroine who grows over time: at first, she can only rely on her intelligence to make life a little better, but later she goes on a killing spree.
The ending was just too rushed, but it was still very satisfying to watch that the child was not the sixth prince.
I have read more than 20 chapters so far, and the plot is very good! Teacher, please keep working hard!!!!! Expect!!