The Beloved Daughter of the Chancellor

If someone asked Zhang Youlan what she would do if she had a chance to be reborn, what would she say? Without hesitation, she would answer: “Refuse to marry into the royal family!” She was the prime minister's grandfather's most cherished legitimate granddaughter, and the finest child in the Zhang family. Yet in her previous life, she worried too much, grew distant from her husband, and failed to see people for who they were. Though she became empress, she was still poisoned to death. Now that Heaven has given her another chance, her first priority is to avoid any contact with the man destined to become emperor. But things are never that easy. Traveling in men's clothes, she runs into him by chance, and he escorts her all the way back to her manor. After seeing how skilled she is at horseback riding, the delighted crown prince treats her like an old friend, inviting her to play chess and bathe in the hot springs. She is so frightened that she rushes back home rather than stay another moment. She thinks they can go their separate ways from then on, with no connection between their marriages. But she is invited to a banquet held at the imperial palace, and before she even sees him, she realizes someone is trying to frame him. Even if he didn't love her in her previous life, she can't stand by and watch him fall into a romantic trap. So she devises a scheme to make the wicked reap what they sow. She never expected this to pique his interest. He insists on taking her as his consort. To win her agreement to become his crown princess, he sets aside his noble status and goes into business with her brother, and gives her jade dolls in all sorts of poses modeled after her. He not only sneaks into her boudoir at night from time to time, but also saves her from danger again and again. The tenderness she never knew in her previous life throws her heart into turmoil. But life doesn't go backward, and she doesn't want to have her heart broken again. Who would have thought that for her, he would even consider abolishing the entire inner palace...