The Legitimate Daughter's Gambit: A Substitute Bride Becomes the Villain's Beloved

In her previous life, Shen Qingci was the eldest legitimate daughter of the Chancellor's residence: gentle and virtuous. Her stepmother and half-sister, Shen Qingrou, schemed together to make her take her sister's place and marry Xiao Jin, the Prince of Jing, whose name terrified everyone in the capital.

Everyone said the Prince of Jing was cruel and bloodthirsty, that he brought misfortune to his wives and would have no heirs, and that he would not live past thirty.

After she married into his manor, she was tormented, used, and poisoned. In the end, she watched her half-sister step over her corpse, become the Prince of Jing's consort, and enjoy a life of luxury.

As for Shen Qingci, she was falsely accused of treason and froze to death in the Cold Palace. Only as she lay dying did she learn that...

Xiao Jin had never trusted her. Her stepmother and half-sister had never treated her as a person. Even her own father had sacrificed her for power.

She died with hatred in her heart.

Reborn, she will see how she can kill her enemies with her own hands and overturn the empire.