[From atop the city walls, he once shot me dead with an arrow as I was being sent away in a political marriage.]
Reborn in the Cold Palace, Zhao Zhen has had an epiphany: better to become emperor herself than let others trample her! The scumbag emperor wants to use her as a pawn? She'll flip his chessboard instead! The general she once loved feels guilty toward her? Perfect, he'll be the stepping stone to her rise!
On the way to her political marriage, she fakes her death and escapes, then returns as the daughter of a general, ready to claim victory. From then on, she commands the court and outmaneuvers her enemies on the battlefield.
When the dust settles, she dons the imperial robes, only for the general from her past to arrive at the gates with a million troops. As the ministers tremble and kneel, she gently strokes the imperial seal and gazes down at him with a smile. “General Xiao, have you come to submit, or to die?”
[Reader's Guide] ◆ Follow the heroine as she builds her career, rising from an abandoned girl in the Cold Palace to a great empress! ◆ The male lead chases his wife to the crematorium, with maximum romantic tension and an explosively satisfying payoff! ◆ Political intrigue + revenge + secret identities, an exhilarating rush!
