[Domestic and palace intrigue + face-slapping the villains + devoted, beautiful, tragic second male lead takes the lead + political scheming] Su Nanqing is the only daughter of the Grand Princess of Ning, the sole woman in the dynasty granted a title despite having no imperial blood. She is named Commandery Princess of Nan, and her status is so exalted that even the emperor’s sons and daughters give way to her.
But she plays a winning hand terribly. After falling in love with the fifth prince, Xiao Changpo, she gives him treasures her maternal family has guarded for generations to help him take the throne. She gets her wish and becomes empress, but suffers neglect and humiliation, tasting nothing but bitterness.
Even her own son is taught by Xiao Changpo to turn against her, calling her lowborn, cruel, and coarse, and unfit to be empress. Heartbroken and embittered, she dies young.
Reborn, Su Nanqing realizes how foolish she was in her previous life. This time, she wakes up and starts by protecting her mother and safeguarding her maternal family’s fortune.
Her father, Lu Ziqing, was originally a live-in son-in-law, but he is an arrogant hypocrite who knows how to put on an act. He lets the Lu family move into the princess’s residence and take it over, while her mother has endured it all for Su Nanqing’s reputation.
In this life, her grandparents and cousins are nothing but servants in the princess’s household. She’ll deal with every last one of them. And that hypocritical father, who wants wealth and status but refuses to swallow his pride, can get out too.
Later, she earns a reputation for being domineering and arrogant. She has no intention of marrying. Isn’t it better to live freely as a commandery princess overseeing the kingdom?
But then Rong Jiuchen, a prince of the previous dynasty who has returned for revenge, becomes deeply entangled with her. He risks his life to save her several times, and his gentle, refined manner makes Su Nanqing’s long-dormant heart flutter.
She wouldn’t mind becoming empress again in this life. It’s just that the emperor will have to be someone else, and she’ll be the one to decide who takes the throne.
Looks good, overall good
I like this book and the heroine
Overall, it's good. The heroine has a wonderful life after her rebirth and has a happy ending.
Very pretty, pretty, pretty.
Not bad, pretty good-looking. It's good to have power.
Not bad, at least it's over.
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