Reject the Eastern Palace? I Married a Rough-and-Ready General and Rose to Power

[Reborn for Revenge + Political Intrigue + Two Strong Leads + One-on-One + Indulgent Fun]

Poisoned wine burned its way down her throat in the Cold Palace, and Shen Zhaoning finally realized that ten years of devotion had only fed the wolves. She had helped him ascend the throne, only to be sentenced to death for being “too powerful for the emperor to control.” When she opened her eyes again, she was back at the Crown Prince’s selection banquet.

As the Crown Prince made hypocritical promises of love and the entire hall looked on with envy, Shen Zhaoning stood resolutely and knelt to refuse the match. “I refuse to spend my whole life trapped behind palace walls!”

The entire court was shocked. The emperor and empress were furious, and her family panicked. But she calmly turned and walked toward General Wei Zheng, the “brute” looked down on by the entire court.

Reborn, she was no longer a sheltered young lady blinded by love. She was a calculating black lotus, a strategist armed with foreknowledge. She helped him pacify the northern frontier and establish the intelligence network known as Listening Wind Pavilion, turning modern knowledge into tools for strengthening the nation.

Wei Zheng was a man of iron to the outside world, but loyal and tender with her. He knew nothing of romance, yet at a single “I want it” from her, he would conquer a city. Together, the couple rose from a coalition seen as nothing but abandoned pawns to the “Dual Sages” who ruled the realm.

In this life, Shen Zhaoning would no longer be trapped by love. She would support her husband as he rose step by step, seize power over the court, and keep the empire and the man who betrayed her beneath her feet forever!