A Female Strategist’s Journey to Help the Emperor Rule

In her previous life, a brilliant but penniless scholar died of depression at 29 after failing to find a way into government service. When she wakes again, she has unexpectedly been reborn as a pampered, empty-headed young lady in a general’s household. In this life, she decides to use her new identity to fulfill her unfinished ambitions from her previous one and become a female adviser who helps a wise ruler. With the talent of her previous life and the power and status of this one, the heroine should have been able to dominate the era. Instead, the all-powerful villainous regent takes her on as a student for no apparent reason. In public, they are teacher and pupil; in private, they both play dumb while secretly testing one another and vying for power. The heroine first chooses the second prince, who has no interest in court politics but has a kind heart. But when their goals diverge, they part ways. The seemingly mediocre, timid crown prince is actually putting on an act to survive under the regent’s thumb. In the end, the crown prince ascends the throne, and the heroine becomes the only female chancellor in the dynasty’s history. Unexpectedly, the former regent secretly moves into the chancellor’s residence.