The Cold Palace Empress and Her Enemy Nation’s Hostage Prince

In her previous life, she was an empress who died full of hatred. Reborn amid the flames of the Cold Palace just before the poisoned wine reaches her lips, she relies on memories of the future to ally with a hostage prince from an enemy kingdom. She vows to turn the Cold Palace into a game board and methodically torment the dog emperor and his scheming favorite consort. But as she and the mysterious, dangerous hostage prince circle each other day and night, she gradually uncovers his decade-long plot to destroy a kingdom, along with the shocking truth behind her tragic deaths in both lifetimes.