[Black lotus heroine + both reborn + political intrigue and revenge + one heroine, many suitors, a battlefield of romantic rivals + empress-in-the-making]
Before I was reborn, I was the laughingstock of the entire capital: the ridiculous princess who chased after the Grand Secretary.
More than a decade of sincere devotion earned me nothing but a death in a ruined temple, my bones burned to charcoal.
After I was reborn, the Grand Secretary knelt and begged me to turn back. The enemy state's hostage prince bickered with me, yet gave up the throne for my sake. The fake eunuch wiped away his makeup, revealing a face of peerless beauty. My ailing uncle abandoned his life of spiritual seclusion and vowed to live and die with me. The richest man took a knife from me, then asked if my hand hurt...
The men can take turns pursuing me. I only want to ascend the throne and become empress!
They say I'm domineering and outrageous. That's right, I am.
If anyone makes me suffer again, I'll make his whole family pay with their lives!
After I take the throne, the Grand Secretary asks me, can we start over?
“No.”
“I can wipe out your entire clan.”
