Reborn: Take Palace Intrigue Seriously, Everyone

Hua Yin was a casualty of the palace intrigue. After dying, she discovers she has been reborn in the year she first entered the palace.

Sick of the life of scheming and infighting, Hua Yin decides to lie flat. She'd rather be dead!

Relying on her memories, Hua Yin heads straight for any place where she knows a scheme or a frame-up is about to happen.

When someone is poisoned, she eagerly volunteers: "Me! I did it!"

When someone is murdered, she happily takes the blame: "I killed them!"

The imperial consorts: Sister Chang is so kind. She always takes the blame for others.

Watching everyone trust her more and more, Hua Yin is overcome with despair. "Who are you calling your sister? This is palace intrigue! Could you take it seriously?"

Her constant attempts to get herself killed successfully attract the emperor's attention.

Scarred by women, the emperor has never dared set foot in the rear palace.

Then one day, he discovers a woman who has no interest in rising through the ranks and wants nothing but to die.

Determined to make sure no woman has an easy time, he refuses to let her die, and even promotes her.

That night, they both drink too much.

The emperor: "Why do you want to die?"

She, bleary-eyed with drink: "Because in my next life, a handsome husband will be waiting for me."

His expression suddenly darkens. He grips her chin and forces her watery eyes to meet his. "Will he be more handsome than me?"

Hua Yin: ?

A story about someone who keeps trying to get herself killed, only to end up at the pinnacle of life.

A proud emperor who can't help but fall for her vs. a carefree consort who keeps courting death

[Reader advisory]

1. One-on-one romance, both leads are each other's first and only.

2. The setting is highly fictionalized, so please don't scrutinize the historical details.

3. This is an unconventional palace-intrigue story, not a serious palace-intrigue novel.

[Coming soon: Contemporary sweet romance, please add to your library] This Isn't a Rumor

Lu Yinyin has been baiting her male bestie's playboy girlfriend on WeChat, and today she's finally taken the bait.

She arranges for campus-news reporters to lie in wait and snap photos, determined to blow up the girl's whole dating pond!

But can someone explain why the tall, handsome, stern-faced department heartthrob is at the agreed meeting spot?

Qiao Yi taps his slender fingers on his phone a few times, then holds it up to her without expression.

The chat is still open to her outrageously flirtatious messages:

[I have this in the bag. All I'm missing is a kiss from you.]

[How do I ease my sorrows? The only answer is... a hug from you.]

Lu Yinyin's mind explodes. She wants to blow up on the spot!

She's so mortified she could dig a mirage of a city out of the ground with her toes.

"Sorry, I messaged the wrong person."

The next day, a post titled #TheAustereHeartthrob'sMysteriousGirlfriend# quickly goes viral on the campus forum.

Feeling terribly guilty, Lu Yinyin invites Qiao Yi to dinner. As she leaves, she apologizes sincerely. "I'm really sorry for causing you trouble. I'll go clear things up with the campus newspaper right away."

Qiao Yi hooks two fingers into the back of her collar and pulls her back. Lu Yinyin lands in the seat in front of him.

His low voice lingers by her ear. "Yes, go clear things up. Tell them I'm not austere."

An overconfident, laid-back girl × a strict heartthrob with off-the-charts initiative

Theme: Let go of your attachments and step outside the world in your own head. Only then can you see the wider world.