The Regent Princess Drops Her Act

[Court Intrigue + No Romance + Ensemble of Women + Strong Female Lead + Reborn Second Female Lead] Xiao Fenglan, daughter of the late emperor and regent of Great Yan. The late emperor died three years ago. With her maternal relatives in power and the entire court against her, an orphaned girl has only one way to survive: make everyone think she does not deserve to live. So she spends three years pretending to be useless. She stammers, acts timid, and shrinks from trouble. Anyone at court can trample her, and the Empress Dowager is pleased. The ministers have grown used to it. Everyone has forgotten that the late emperor himself once praised her. Until the Empress Dowager corners her again and again, determined to turn her into a puppet for good. At last, she stops pretending. The “useless” regent stands before them, and what they see in her eyes is something they have only ever seen in the late emperor. She was never anyone’s puppet. She is the late emperor’s daughter, the sharpest blade he left behind in this world. The late emperor loved her, and he used her. But she no longer needs anyone. The Empress Dowager is dead, and her old enemies are gone. She thinks she can finally breathe. Until someone raises an army in rebellion under the banner: “The former Crown Prince is still alive.” And that former Crown Prince was once the person she respected most.