Scheming in the Inner Palace: Defeat My Half-Sister and Claim the Phoenix Throne

[Rebirth + palace intrigue + face-slapping + punishing scum + sweet on the outside, dark within]

In public, the heroine is a gentle, sensible little white lotus. In private, she instantly transforms into a scheming, calculating black lotus.

Shen Qingyao has been reborn.

In her previous life, grateful for her adoptive mother’s kindness in raising her, she fought with all her might to bring down the emperor’s favorite consort, schemed against the crown prince, and helped her adoptive sister secure the throne as empress.

She thought she would share in her family’s glory and wealth. Instead, what awaited her was a cup of poisoned wine in the Cold Palace.

“Little sister, you’re so capable. If I let you live, you’ll become a threat sooner or later.”

The icy poison burned through her throat. When she opened her eyes again, she was back on the day she received the imperial decree summoning her to the palace.

Looking at her adoptive mother’s pleading gaze, Shen Qingyao sneered. “Dear sister, this time I’m entering the palace for my own sake, not to help you.”

In this life, she would be no one’s pawn or appendage.

From a lowly concubine-born daughter to the woman who ruled the imperial harem, she would rise from the dust and step by step claim the phoenix throne.

She would reclaim from them a hundredfold, a thousandfold, everything they owed her!

“Shen Anran, your throne as empress is mine.”