In her first life, Chu Chao was the inconsequential Empress Chu in Xie Yanfang's eyes, a tool for Xiao Xun to control the Longwei Army, and the wife of a puppet emperor in Deng Yi's eyes. She lived in a daze and died in a daze. There was no A Yu, and certainly no A Jiu.
In her second life, Chu Chao saved A Yu, made Xie Yanfang and Deng Yi keep each other in check, forced Xiao Xun to flee the capital in disgrace, and met A Jiu. Though there were regrets, she ultimately found a happy ending.
In her third life, Chu Chao returned to her first life. By then, she was already Xiao Xun's empress. A Yu was dead, Xie Yanfang had betrayed her, Deng Yi held power over the court, and no one knew where A Jiu was.
Chu Chao died in the imperial city in her first life. In her second, she chose to leave the empire with A Jiu. In her third, she chose to become the empire's ruler, for A Jiu and for herself.