[Palace and household intrigue + face-slapping + the third male lead takes the crown + mystery + historical romance + hiding your strength] My half-sister used "witchcraft and disguise" to take my place in the palace, then pushed me off a cliff.
Five years later, I returned in triumph with twins, a boy and a girl, only to discover that the aloof emperor had gone mad with longing for me
Every day, he carried the bloodstained undergarment I wore on our wedding night, left behind all those years ago, and asked everyone he met, "Have you seen her?"
At court, my adorable little tyrant pointed at him and said, "Mother, is this the deadbeat dad who abandoned his wife and child?"
I tossed out a packet of powder for paternity testing. "The children are mine. His Majesty is just an optional extra."
But the emperor's eyes turned red. "You stole my seed and still think you can run?"
From then on, I livestreamed my revenge on scumbags, navigating disguises and schemes within schemes, rising from abandoned wife to regent empress dowager.
And the once-aloof emperor abdicated to become my devoted servant, kneeling as he begged, "I'll give you the empire, and my life too!"
