[Rebirth + high-IQ palace intrigue + feel-good female-led story + revenge]
I am Li Lingyue. My parents and elder brothers doted on me from childhood. I once thought that, under their protection, I would live a peaceful and smooth life, just like the title they gave me: Taiping, meaning peace. But despite spending my whole life trying, I never fulfilled that wish. I was constantly swept into the whirlpool of conflict between the imperial harem and the court, watching the people I loved disappear before my eyes one by one.
My heart broke, and I fell apart, lamenting the unfairness of fate. I tried to stop these things from happening, to fight for even the slightest chance of changing my destiny, but in the end I still failed to change the outcome.
At last, I was alone in the vast imperial palace. When my nephew, whom I had watched grow up, brought me a cup of poisoned wine with his own hands, I faced it with a smile. It was time for me to go. I drank without hesitation, and moments later, pain tore through my belly. As my consciousness faded, I saw the people I had loved and those who had loved me, all smiling at me. “Wait for me. Yue'er is coming.”
I am leaving. If I were given the chance to be reborn, I would never again be a foolish, helpless girl sheltered by others. I would not let anyone else control my fate, and I would not watch my loved ones die. I would change my own destiny, and hope that my life would be as I wished, true to my title: peaceful from beginning to end.
