Princess Changping Doesn't Understand Love, She Only Wants Power!

In her previous life, as the embroidered-uniform guards slit her throat, Chu Zhaoluan cursed through a mouthful of blood: "Being crown princess isn't even as good as Old Madam Wang's candied hawthorns at the village entrance! I barely got a taste of the sweetness before they wiped out my entire clan. What a complete raw deal!"

Reborn at fourteen, she decided to wear the title "mad chess prodigy" right on her forehead. She hugged her jade chessboard and munched on candied fruit, letting the crumbs fall all over the board without a care.

Liu Che believed she was a goddess?

She made up a reading on the spot, then had the Rakshasa Sect throw the records of the Wang family stealing military provisions into the Xuanshi Hall like a bundle of explosives. She added, "Your Majesty, Heaven wills that you cut off this expendable piece! If you don't, beware the heavens striking your dragon throne with lightning!"

Huo Qubing came over with a list of his Northern Desert campaign victories. She swept the chessboard onto the floor with a clatter, sending the pieces rolling everywhere. "Don't call me Luanluan. It's so cloying, I might throw up my candied fruit!" She jabbed a finger at the square marked "rook" and grinned, flashing her canines. "Mark the route the Cui family uses to trade with the Xiongnu. Get even one character wrong, and I'll feed your military merits to the Wang family's dogs like a pawn!"

At a Chang'an banquet, the Wang family's legitimate daughter mocked her: "Without the Crown Prince, you're nothing!"

She grabbed the chess pieces and hurled them at the woman's head, knocking her elaborate hairstyle loose. "The Crown Prince is my temporary rook. Your family is my checkmate tomorrow! Tonight, I'll plant a flag on your family's grave!"

That very day, the Wang family was arrested and their estate confiscated. She hugged her chessboard and asked Liu Che for a reward: "Your Majesty, look! I'm even better at chess than my ancestor. Why not let me try out the throne for a while?"

All of Chang'an praised her benevolence. Stroking the cold palace command token, she grinned, baring sharp teeth: "Either I win all of the Han Empire, or I flip the board. How could any female Liu Bang be as crazy as me!"