Reborn: The Twists and Turns of a Female Chancellor's Life

In the waning years of the Great Xia dynasty, the court is corrupt and foreign enemies gather at the borders. Zhao Yi was once the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Revenue’s household. Naive and carefree, she was betrayed by her own family, framed for colluding with the enemy and treason, and condemned to the execution of her entire family. She herself died unjustly in the Cold Palace. Reborn at fifteen, with three years left before her family’s destruction, she carries the memories of her past life. The innocent young lady transforms into a calculating “black lotus.” Using her knowledge of the future, she averts the dangers that once befell her and strikes her enemies with precision: her cousin Lin Wan’er, gentle on the surface but vicious underneath, who stole the man she loved and framed her family in her previous life; her former fiancé Li Mingxuan, who abandoned her for power and even pushed her into the abyss with his own hands; and Lord Wang, the Crown Prince’s tutor, outwardly upright but secretly treacherous, who was the mastermind behind the false accusation that the Zhao family had collaborated with the enemy. During her quest for revenge, Zhao Yi meets a loyal official’s son, a wandering knight, and a mysterious merchant she overlooked in her previous life, gradually building a network of influence of her own. But as she investigates further, she uncovers a greater conspiracy behind her family’s downfall: the Crown Prince is conspiring with a rival kingdom to overthrow Great Xia. Faced with a crisis that could change the fate of the nation, Zhao Yi must choose between personal revenge and duty to her country. Can she save her family amid the turmoil, punish the corrupt, rise to supreme power, and change the fate of herself and her nation?