Consort Hua Reborn: I Won't Fight for Favor, Only for Power!

The day I breathed my last in the Cold Palace, I smiled. When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day before the selection. In this life, the fragrance of Huan Yi? I accept it with a smile, then lock it away. The Emperor? I will still fight for him, but what I want has never been his favor. It is power. I bury my edge beneath praise, and trade places on the board to become the one moving the pieces. I personally send Zhen Huan to the Emperor’s bed and force the Empress to play against me; I make the Nian clan withdraw at the height of its success, so it can stand firm through the changing tides of imperial power; I establish schools in the harem and push through new policies at court. When the ministers who called me “a hen crowing at dawn” kneel all over the floor, the Emperor finally cries out hoarsely, “Yilan, what is it you want?” I stroke the young Emperor’s head and look out through the pearl curtains at the vast realm beyond. “What I want is something Your Majesty cannot give me…” “A world where every woman can walk with her head held high.” [Reader advisory] ⚡️ A heroine with a true business-minded heart: from harem power struggles to court politics to ruling the world, romance is just a sideline ⚡️ The characters stay true to themselves: Consort Hua remains arrogant and ruthless, but after being reborn, she has a thousand schemes ⚡️ Two endings: the main story ends with the Empress Dowager ruling behind the curtain; the bonus chapter has an alternate elopement ending and a modern reincarnation business-war storyline ⚡️ A female ensemble cast: Zhen Huan, Shen Meizhuang, and others all get entirely new destinies and moments in the spotlight “Only after living another life did I understand: No phoenix coronet and bridal robes can compare to moving the pieces with my own hands. This time, I mean to win the world.” ⬇️ Click to read and see how Consort Hua rises from an abandoned concubine in the Cold Palace to an uncrowned empress