Reborn: Raising the Villainous Adopted Son to Help the Emperor Turn the Tables

[Reborn heroine / takes opportunities from the original leads / saves the villain emperor / revenge / satisfying read / one-sided crushes but no pairing]

In her previous life, Wen Shuyu raised the child her sister gave birth to at the cost of her life. When the child was ten, Wen Shuyu was murdered. She never expected that when she opened her eyes again, ten years had passed: the child had ascended the throne and become a tyrant!

Only then did she realize she was living in a book. She and the emperor were both supporting characters, and her unfortunate adopted son, though emperor, was a villain through and through, merely a stepping stone for the male lead.

Under the influence of wicked schemers, the emperor executed loyal ministers, appointed treacherous men, and doted on a scheming consort, driving his kingdom into decline.

The original heroine had transmigrated into the book. To help the male lead seize the throne, she was forcibly taken by the emperor, then kept whispering in his ear, leading her adopted son to commit even more evil deeds.

The people suffered terribly and rose in rebellion. In the end, the male lead donned the imperial robes and personally cut off his adopted son's head.

After being reborn, Wen Shuyu paid no mind to the fact that she was even younger than her adopted son. Wearing the exact same face as before, she stormed into the execution grounds and rescued the Great General Who Protected the Nation. Then she gave the new emperor, a volatile man who would kill at the drop of a hat, a furious scolding.

New Emperor: ? Who dares to be so outrageous?

Wen Shuyu: Your mother! The mother who raised you with so much love and hardship!