Moonlight Returns to the Sparse Shadows (Reborn)

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Other people transmigrate and become empresses or beloved concubines, or at least daughters of powerful families. Ye Jiaojiao has it even worse: the moment she arrives, she beats up the male lead. She fails to seduce him, and then beats him up on top of that. Can this life get any worse?

Her heart trembled. She was afraid she wouldn't even live long enough to reach the time when the original heroine died in a mass grave. Not only did she know nothing about the plot, but the male lead was constantly trying to kill her. Life in the sprawling Marquis's manor was unbearably hard.

In the end, to stay alive, she set her sights on Young Master Wen, a guest at the manor. He was handsome and healthy, owned land and a house, and had no living parents: the perfect match. But how could she flirt with such a cold block of ice?

Ye Jiaojiao hitched up her skirt, rolled up her sleeves, and began her bold campaign to woo him.

They met by chance in the garden. Ye Jiaojiao said, "Fate brings people together across a thousand miles. Don't you agree, Young Master?"

Young Master Wen replied, "I see that you are quite ill, though you don't seem to know it yourself. Farewell."

At the guest room door, Ye Jiaojiao knocked with a bowl of nourishing soup. "Even a bowl of tonic soup is a token of affection. Can't you humor me?"

Young Master Wen replied, "We can meet again anywhere in this world. I appreciate your kindness, miss, but please go home."

Outside the manor, Ye Jiaojiao climbed over the wall with her bundle, then waved. "The spring breeze never crosses the Jade Gate Pass. Have a good trip, and don't come back."

Young Master Wen replied, "There are no flowers beyond the horizon as lovely as you. Marrying you is just right. Come along, my lady. Let's return to the palace and get married. You can't give your husband the slip halfway through after flirting with him, can you?"

Her soul was lost in the Forbidden City; fate brought tragedy to the beauty, and her spirit returned to collect a blood debt.

Bound by love to a beauty, the wayward warrior fought for power and the throne, all for love.

In her previous life, Gu Shuying was a good person, but she had bad luck. After three years of humiliation, she was finally framed and left to die in a mass grave.

Reborn, she swore to the Buddha that she would become a villain. She would be empress, seize power, and fight for wealth and glory. As for the romantic dreams she had cherished in her youth, she declared them dead and buried...

But later, on her path of revenge, someone cherished and loved her, and spoiled her until she became a wise empress...

In one sentence: A deposed empress returns, consumed by resentment, and on her path to revenge, her former brother-in-law spoils her until she becomes a wise empress.

Author's note:

The pale moonlight shines on Shuying,

The passing years leave the mortal world quiet.

Reader's guide:

1. Revenge first, then romance. This is a one-on-one story, with both leads each other's first and only. No angst, no abandoned plot, and a slow build. Updates follow the ranking schedule, with extra chapters when collections and comments surge.

2. Original title: "Vowing to Become Empress (Reborn)." Also known as "Your Majesty Is Afraid: Your Beloved Consort Keeps Trying to Pick Concubines for You," "Reborn and Determined to Be Empress," and "The Gu Family's Young Lady Is a Little Difficult."

3. I wrote every word earnestly and without regrets. If you like it, please add it to your collection and subscribe to support the official version. If you don't, there's nothing I can do. There are no locked chapters, so feel free to subscribe to whichever chapters you like by their titles, since nobody may steal them anyway. If you've subscribed and think it's at least readable, please leave a comment. Thank you, everyone.

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