The Killer Who Suffered Tribulations in a Matriarchal World Is Forced into Love

[Female-oriented female-dominance + Forced Love + Love Triangles + Power Struggles Among Wicked Women + Turmoil in the Martial World and Imperial Court]

Her perspective: Power plays, holding the world in her hands (Awake, she rules the realm; drunk, she rests in a beauty’s arms)

The male lead’s perspective: I just want to retire, so why is it so hard?!

After dying, Cheng Qinghuai borrows a corpse to return to life and is reborn in an ancient, feudal, female-dominated society. The cold-blooded assassin transmigrates into the body of a frail invalid who can barely walk three steps without gasping for breath, and is forced into the power struggles among women in the martial world and the imperial court. Cheng Qinghuai herself has no desire to get involved. She just wants to retire. Why is that so hard?!

Smoke fills the battlefield of power, and wolves circle on every side. They all seem to harbor a trace of genuine feeling, yet Cheng Qinghuai can clearly see the thorny road ahead.

Multiple heroines, with one-on-one pairings at different stages. Listed in order of appearance:

Heroine One: The Grand Marshal. Older, domineering, forceful, and possessing every ounce of controlling and possessive desire. She stands at the pinnacle of power, is unmatched in courage, and has repeatedly used reason to suppress her true feelings. (Sane, but ruthless.)

Heroine Two: The Fourth Princess. A yandere black lotus, peerless in her schemes and able to read people’s hearts. She’s layered with “frail beauty” tropes and is a sinister specter who stirs up turmoil across the realm from behind the scenes. (More or less sane, but cruel.)

Heroine Three: The Poison Woman. She seeks the pinnacle of martial arts through mastering poisons and commanding all living things, and looks down on the world. She has a slightly disturbing hobby of collecting “specimens.” (She’s the one who’s actually insane.)

This is the second book in the female-dominance series. For the first, see Female-Dominance: The Cold-Blooded Assassin Transmigrates Into the Body of a Frail Invalid?