The Phoenix Returns to Its Nest: From Fighting Back in a Cave

[Reborn + Fake and Real Princesses + Strong Female Lead + Intelligent Characters + Court Intrigue]

Lin Wan has already died once, pushed into international waters by her husband and best friend.

When she opens her eyes again, she has become the eldest princess of the Great Lin Empire.

The same name, an even more miserable death.

Abandoned in the wilderness, she is about to be “disposed of” by two soldiers.

She kills them both, then says one thing to the crown prince's confidant, who has arrived to “clean up the bodies”:

“The show you were waiting for on the crown prince's behalf? I'll finish performing it for you.”

…

The entire capital is searching for the eldest princess.

A fake princess, wearing her face, is hosting a grand banquet at the princess's residence.

But the real Lin Wan is in a side hall of the crown prince's palace, sharpening a blade.

The crown prince thinks he's gained a pawn.

The sixth prince thinks he's gained a corpse.

The fake princess thinks Lin Wan is dazed and has a hazy memory.

No one knows that every night, she slips into the princess's residence through a secret passage and tucks away the sixth prince's incriminating evidence, letter by letter.

Even fewer know what she's thinking as she sharpens her blade.

She's not thinking about revenge.

She's thinking about one question

How exactly did the Empress die all those years ago?