When Yixiu Is Reborn as Wei Xiaoniang from The Story of Minglan

[A master of palace intrigue at the highest level, Yixiu, vs. the sweet, sheltered Wei Xiaoniang]

Ulanara Yixiu died in the Cold Palace. Before she died, Yongzheng told her, “In life or death, we shall never meet again.”

When she opens her eyes again, she has become Wei Shuyi, a concubine of Sheng Manor's sixth-rank county magistrate, lying in a pool of blood as she struggles through a difficult labor. Outside, the people from Linqige are keeping the doctor from entering. Inside, a coarse maid holds out a bowl of dirty water and says, “Just hold on a little longer, my lady.”

Hah.

Yixiu laughs.

After spending half her life fighting princes and consorts, does she really have to deal with a few lowly concubines now?

A quarter of an hour later, she cuts the umbilical cord herself. Holding her son, she looks at the servants kneeling before her. “Go tell your master that Wei Xiaoniang says this child is tough enough to survive, and he won't be able to kill his mother.”

Everyone thinks this timid Wei Xiaoniang will let them walk all over her, just as before.

Until Lin Qinshuang schemes against her, and she turns around and sends her to the woodshed.

Until Madam Wang tries to use her as a pawn, and she turns around and presents the credit to Old Madam.

Until everyone waits to see how she will take revenge on those who harmed her...

Instead, she picks up her daughter, Minglan, and gently wipes away her tears. “Minglan, let Mother teach you. In this world, it's not hard to be ruthless. What's hard is being a good person and still surviving to the end.”

The once-poisonous woman of the deep palace wants only to be a mother who protects her children in this life.

[The champion of palace intrigue descends to the mortal realm to undergo tribulations, only to discover that this generation of household schemers aren't even worthy of tying her shoes.]