Empresses in the Palace: The Green Tea Schemer's Comeback

Chapter 1: Reborn and Returned

Zhen Huan's years at Ganlu Temple had been an unending nightmare. The bitter wind cut through her thin body like a knife; coarse food scraped at her delicate stomach; and the nuns' jeers and deliberate cruelty left wounds in her heart that were hard to heal. Every quiet night, she curled up beneath cold, threadbare blankets, tears soaking her pillow as memories of the splendor and humiliation she had experienced in the palace flashed through her mind like scenes from a revolving lantern.

It was an ordinary day, though one destined to be anything but. As usual, Zhen Huan dragged her tired