Forging Bones into Blades: The Fallen Princess Refuses to Be Anyone's Plaything

[Reborn for revenge + satisfying female-emperor story + forced love + groveling chase] A vengeful, unhinged fallen princess versus a ruthless, calculating regent Chu Wanli was the eldest princess of Chu and in love with the young general Xiao Jue. But on their wedding day, Xiao Jue stormed through Chu's city gates, slaughtered the royal family, and let his soldiers abuse her. The cruelest part was that she only learned on their wedding day that the man she loved wasn't called Xiao Jue at all. He was Ji Baihuai, the crown prince of Beijiang, who had plotted Chu's downfall all along. She leaped from the city wall, consumed by hatred, never expecting to be reborn in the body of a peasant girl. By a twist of fate, she became a secret killer working for Regent Xie Ci. With her hands stained in her enemies' blood, she stepped over the corpses of Ji Baihuai's family, one by one, on her way to the top. But fate once again toyed with her. When she loved Ji Baihuai, her country was destroyed. When she loved Xie Ci, she discovered that she had always been a piece in his game, and even her rebirth had been part of his scheme. Imprisoned deep in the palace, she was saved at the cost of his life by Ji Baihuai. Looking back, she realized how absurd her life had been. She cast love aside. Over the past few years, she had been Xie Ci's shadow, learning every one of his schemes. Smiling through the blood on her lips, she declared, “Then I'll overturn your game board and become the only empress under heaven!” Her meeting with Xiao Jue had been part of a scheme: he had used her, and his affection was false. But Xiao Jue protected and loved her again and again. Even so, Chu Wanli personally killed the man who loved her most.