The Phoenix Seeks Her Mate: The Deposed Empress's Every Move Is Calculated

I am the legitimate daughter of a family of military generals, ordered to enter the palace and become empress. Yet on my wedding night, I was left alone on the phoenix bed. His heart belonged to a palace maid, and he wouldn't even lift my red bridal veil. I am no lovesick woman, so I immediately proposed a deal: we would be an imperial couple in name only. Five years later, as I held the decree deposing me and prepared to leave this prison-like palace, he blocked my way, eyes red. How laughable. I, Shen Qingyao, am no longer a pawn for him to manipulate. This time, I will bring the game to an end.