Reborn as the Deposed Empress: I Won’t Return to the Palace, I’ll Build an Empire

[Won't Return to the Palace | Won't Compete for Favor | Not Love-Blind | Powerful Minister Male Lead + Merchant Male Second Lead | Military-Political Empire + Sweet Romance, Happy Ending]

In her previous life, she was a virtuous empress. She helped him ascend the throne, bore his children, and gave everything for the Shen family, whose members were loyal to the death.

Yet in the end, all she got was

Her title as empress revoked, her son killed, her family executed, and herself consumed by flames, dying with hatred in her heart.

When she was reborn, she returned to the very day she was deposed.

The emperor spoke gently, pretending concern: “Zhiwei, I'll bring you back to the palace and make you empress again.”

Her half-sister wept with false sincerity: “Sister, I begged him on your behalf…”

Shen Zhiwei swept her sleeve and sneered, smashing the phoenix seal on the spot!

“This palace, this throne, whoever wants them can have them. I couldn't care less!”

From then on, she left the harem and the imperial city behind and headed straight for the northern frontier.

She trained elite troops, took control of the military, opened trade routes, and amassed a fortune,

building a military and political empire of her own!

The powerful minister Xie Linyuan offered her the full might of the court:

“I'll win the realm for you. All you have to do is stand by my side.”

The wealthy merchant Su Qingci spent a fortune on her:

“Whatever my lady wants, I'll give her.”

Later, everyone knew

The emperor sat on the throne in the Golden Hall,

while across the vast northern frontier, I was an uncrowned empress.