No Rebirth for the Deposed Empress: Being a Ghost in Ancient Times Is Pretty Nice

[Palace and household intrigue + deposed empress + heroine’s revenge + face-slapping + comeback + strong heroine]

After a coup, Xu Shengsheng died at her husband’s hands. The empress, once honored and pampered, became a red-clad ghost.

To get revenge, she swallowed her pride and knocked on the door of her nemesis, Prince Han.

Xu Shengsheng had crippled Prince Han’s leg with an arrow.

Xu Shengsheng had plotted to take the throne from him.

Xu Shengsheng had doomed him to wander beyond the cycle of reincarnation.

Yet when Prince Han saw her, his eyes turned red.

“Hah.”

For the first time in his life, he had this phoenix in the palm of his hand.

To get revenge, Xu Shengsheng possessed ill-fated women and helped Prince Han claim the throne.

[Possession One: The Unfavored Concubine-Born Daughter of a Corrupt Minister]

Her talented legitimate younger sister set a trap for her: “Sister, how about a contest in the Seven Arts?”

Xu Shengsheng: “...Do you even know who invented the Seven Arts?”

The young marquis who had looked down on her pleaded, “Marry me, and you’ll be a noble marquise.”

Xu Shengsheng, once an empress: “Is that supposed to be impressive?”

Then she married Prince Han, bringing the corrupt minister’s immense fortune with her.

[Possession Two: The Country-Bred Biological Daughter Disdained by a Duke’s Family]

The fake heiress: “I’m a princess. What are you?”

Her father clutched the fake heiress close. “The one who excels is my daughter.”

Xu Shengsheng, once an empress: “Right, right.”

She promptly pushed the fake heiress into the palace to fight for favor.

Then she married Prince Han, bringing the entire household of advisers with her.

[Possession Three: The Legitimate Daughter Sent Away from a Marquis’s Estate]

Her father ordered her to marry a disabled prince in her younger half-sister’s place. “Being the prince’s second wife is a blessing.”

On her wedding night, Xu Shengsheng saw Prince Han’s smiling face. “...You again?”

Your nemesis is your wife!