The Empress Returns After Eighteen Years

Eighteen years ago, Sheng Wanqing was Empress, deeply in love with Emperor Xiao Yuxuan. But Noble Consort Liu and the treacherous minister Li Cheng'an conspired to frame her. Wrongfully blamed for the death of a prince, she was sent to the Cold Palace. The Emperor and Empress were torn apart, and her life plunged into an abyss.

Eighteen years later, Sheng Wanqing returns, reborn from the flames. Now she is a brilliant strategist, ruthless in her methods. She advances one step at a time, carefully laying her plans, determined to make those who once harmed her pay dearly. At court, she maneuvers with skill, exposing one flaw after another in the treacherous minister Li Cheng'an. In the harem, she quietly shatters Liu's schemes one by one. Watch as an Empress makes her comeback, takes revenge, forges a new legend, and reclaims everything that belongs to her.