Ruling the Court: The Mad King's New Queen Is No Easy Target

[Historical palace intrigue, schemes for power, strong female lead, marriage before love, secret identities, career-driven heroine, reborn, devoted husband, heart-wrenching angst, face-slapping, secret identities, twists] Qin Xuerou was once the most virtuous empress under heaven, yet her family was destroyed and she met a miserable end in the Cold Palace. Reborn at fifteen, she finds herself facing both a marriage edict from the scumbag emperor and rumors that the mad prince Tao Zhenxin brings death to his wives. She resolutely chooses the latter, leaving everyone stunned. On their wedding night, she lays it all out for Tao Zhenxin: "Your madness is an act, and your goal is the throne. I can clear every obstacle in the court and the palace for you. We have the same enemy." Tao Zhenxin looks at this seemingly fragile yet ambitious woman and, for the first time, drops his disguise. From then on, she becomes a master strategist with countless secret identities. The political landscape, officials' scandals, and palace secrets she knew in her previous life all become the sharpest pieces in her hands. She backs scholars from humble families, sows discord among the great clans, and steadily dismantles the scumbag emperor's power. At the same time, she secretly builds her own intelligence network, the Snowcloaks. Even the male lead has no idea that its leader is the woman sharing his bed. When the scumbag emperor and her half-sister's schemes play out again, she has already laid an inescapable trap, making them suffer the consequences of their own actions and bringing them to ruin.