Sorry, I Don't Play by the Rules When It Comes to Killing

[Scheming + ruthless and decisive + play the pig to eat the tiger + palace and household intrigue + strong female lead]

A ruthless, cunning modern-day elite has her soul transported into the body of Gu Qingdi, a timid concubine-born daughter of the prime minister who died young. Her birth mother died early, leaving her at the mercy of a cruel stepmother, a bullying legitimate elder sister, and abusive servants. In the end, she was murdered and her body abandoned in the wilderness.

Given a second chance at life, Gu Qingdi sheds her timid nature. She seems gentle and harmless, playing the pig to eat the tiger, but beneath the surface she is calculating and utterly ruthless. She pays no heed to rules about legitimate and concubine-born children or to conventional propriety, living by one creed: “Settle a score on the spot, and anyone who crosses me gets rooted out.”

She plans every move, torments her wicked elder sister, tears apart her hypocritical stepmother’s facade, cleans house of vicious servants, and face-slaps every challenger. She fights her way through household intrigue and power struggles, ignoring honor and stopping at nothing. With power in her hands, she becomes a fearsome force no one dares provoke.