[Reborn for Revenge + A Mastermind's Comeback + Household Intrigue and Political Schemes + Intelligent Villains]
Fu Zhiwei has been reborn.
She is back at sixteen, three days before her legitimate mother pushed her into a living hell.
In her previous life, she was the marquis's illegitimate daughter, a pawn everyone could manipulate. Her legitimate mother arranged for her to marry an abusive husband.
After he divorced her, she was imprisoned in a secluded courtyard for thirty-two years, and finally died of illness in a woodshed.
For thirty-two years, she did just one thing: play chess.
Playing against herself, with black and white stones, through life and death, she finally understood the game.
In this life, she will no longer be a pawn. She will be the one moving the pieces.
Her legitimate mother schemes over her marriage? Fu Zhiwei overturns the table in public, humiliating Madam Zhao.
Her elder legitimate sister resents her for stealing the spotlight? Fu Zhiwei turns the plot against her, making her bring shame upon herself.
The Noble Consort wants her silenced? Fu Zhiwei uses the woman's own power against her and digs up every detail of an old palace case.
When Xiao Jingheng, heir to the Marquis of Zhenbei, comes to investigate the mystery of an imperial edict from twenty years ago,
Fu Zhiwei sees at a glance that he is the key piece in her game.
Once the key piece is alive, the whole board comes alive.
From an illegitimate daughter of the marquis's house to the master of the Chess Pavilion, from pawn to the one who controls the world.
She plans every move and leaves nothing to chance.
“This game, I intend not only to survive, but to win.”
[Reader's Guide]
1. The heroine is intelligent, never foolish or saintly.
2. The villains are smart. Without the heroine's rebirth, she might not be able to defeat them.
3. The pacing is brisk, with progress in every chapter and no filler.
4. The romance is a slow burn. The male lead is her comrade, not her savior.
