Step by Step to the Crown

She only wanted to join forces with him. She never meant to marry him. In her previous life, Chu Tang gave her heart to the wrong man. When she died, her husband was in the front courtyard marrying her half-sister. Reborn in the bloom of her youth, the first thing she did was join forces with her faithless husband's archenemy: the future Grand Secretary, who would wield power over the court fifteen years later, a scheming, ruthless man with a heart of ice. But who was this playboy, the wickedly charming bastard son of the Huo family? She must have mistaken him for someone else! Huo Chonghua gave her a sinister smile. "Trying to leave now? Too late! Come along, my dear. Let's discuss the details of our partnership properly." P.S. In a nutshell: A powerful hero and heroine join forces, an unstoppable pair who can take on the world. Every scheme and plot serves the romance between the leads! Theme: A life spent striving is all the more beautiful.