[Reborn for revenge + powerful partners + the tyrant's sole favorite + putting the white lotus in her place + the emperor and empress flirt with each other]
In her previous life, Shen Zhaoning helped Crown Prince Xiao Jingyan ascend the throne, only for him and her cousin Liu Ruyan to join forces and send her to the Cold Palace. Her entire family was executed.
Reborn on the eve of the selection, she turned around and married the tyrant, Xiao Yan.
On their wedding night, she knelt and declared, “I want Xiao Jingyan dead and Liu Ruyan driven mad. I am willing to be Your Majesty's blade.”
Xiao Yan gripped her chin. “Why should I believe you?”
Shen Zhaoning presented him with a list: every member of the crown prince's faction, not one missing. Xiao Yan's gaze darkened. “It's a deal.”
From then on, she helped him purge the imperial harem, and he slaughtered all her enemies. Everyone called the tyrant cold-blooded and heartless, but no one knew that he would hold her captive on the imperial throne and whisper in her ear
“Your revenge is over, Empress. Now help me seize the empire.”
Shen Zhaoning smiled. “Why bother seizing the empire? I'd rather seize Your Majesty's heart.”
