The Legitimate Daughter Returns: I Become the Empress Dowager With a System

Su Qingluan, the legitimate daughter of the Grand General Who Guards the Nation, trusted the wrong people in her previous life and met a tragic end: her family was destroyed, and she was sentenced to death in the cold palace. Reborn with boundless hatred, she unexpectedly binds herself to the Mandate of Heaven Phoenix Empress System, embarking on a path to defy fate and rewrite her destiny. With System-enhanced skills like perfect recall and reading people's expressions, she takes down her scheming half-sister, outwits her treacherous maternal relatives, and carefully navigates the turbulent court and inner palace.

From a general's daughter just beginning to show her talents, to Crown Princess standing shoulder to shoulder with Crown Prince Xiao Che, then Empress ruling the realm, and finally Empress Dowager guiding the new emperor, she not only protects her family's honor but also uncovers the truth behind the injustice of her past life through layers of deception and twists. With her wisdom and strategy, she writes her own legend and leads the Great Xiao dynasty into an unprecedented golden age.