Seizing Power, Conquering the Realm

In her previous life, Wen Yan disguised herself as a man and rose to the highest ranks of government. But after a coup, she was banished and died on the road. Reborn, Wen Yan pretends to be a dissolute wastrel so she can stay alive. She seeks neither fame nor fortune, only to keep away from conflict.

She thinks this will let her live out her days in peace, but then she receives a marriage contract from the Eldest Princess while visiting a pleasure house.

*

Ning An is the least favored princess. Anyone in the palace can bully her.

Everyone expects her to die in the Cold Palace. Yet somehow, the First Prince falls gravely ill, the Fifth Prince dies suddenly, and the young prince who can barely speak is inexplicably made heir to the throne. Meanwhile, the unremarkable Princess Ning An is named the Grand Princess Regent.

In her previous life, Ning An was nearly sent to the Xiongnu to marry for peace. The newly titled top scholar Wen Yan saved her in court, standing against all opposition. Just as Ning An finally gained the power to repay her, the court fell into turmoil, and Wen Yan, who had risen to the highest ranks, died a terrible death.

Later, Ning An died of grief with Wen Yan’s body in her arms.

Reborn, Ning An is determined to protect the woman who once saved her. But somehow, the brilliant woman who excelled in both letters and arms in her previous life has become a "wastrel" who spends her days in brothels.

Ning An’s response: Whatever the case, she’ll capture her and bring her back first.

A young lady who plays the pig to eat the tiger but gets eaten instead x a scheming, obsessive Grand Princess (both reborn)

Coming soon: "After Turning into a Succubus, I Was Offered to My Nemesis"

The day Sikong Xue returned victorious was the day the Ning family was sentenced to execution.

Ning Yuan was embroidering her wedding dress when the door swung open. She looked up joyfully, only to see her fiancée, Yuchi Jin, who had always granted her every wish, storm into her boudoir with soldiers.

Yuchi Jin brought an imperial decree ordering the Ning family’s property confiscated and killed Ning Yuan without mercy. The unfinished wedding dress was stained with blood, and Ning Yuan, once cherished and doted on, fell into a pool of blood.

When she opened her eyes again, Ning Yuan had been resurrected in another body. Bound inside a carriage, she had become a tribute from the succubus clan to the Great Liang.

After being presented to Great Liang, Ning Yuan had yet to find a chance to approach her enemies when she saw her old nemesis, Sikong Xue, holding a blank imperial decree and forcing the emperor to bestow her upon her.

It turned out that after the Ning family’s downfall, Sikong Xue, who had once cared only for swords and fighting, had risen to the highest ranks of government.

Ning Yuan planned to use Sikong Xue’s power to avenge her family, but Sikong Xue paid no heed to her feigned flirtation.

Then one day, the succubus body’s heat took hold. Ning Yuan grabbed Sikong Xue’s hand and pleaded, "A Lin, help me..."

She expected the ill-tempered Sikong Xue to take the chance to mock her. Instead, Sikong Xue gently cupped Ning Yuan’s face and whispered in her ear, "A Yuan, if this is what you want, don’t you dare regret it."

Ning Yuan: ?!

Sikong Xue had been in love with Ning Yuan for years. After winning her first battle, she wanted to go to the minister’s residence in full glory and ask for Ning Yuan’s hand. Instead, she heard that Ning Yuan was engaged to Yuchi Jin.

Seeing the woman she longed for holding up the phoenix crown prepared for her wedding and asking whether it looked good, Sikong Xue was overwhelmed with frustration and said, "It’s hideous."

Sikong Xue regretted it as soon as the words left her mouth. How had she managed to upset her again?

To avoid upsetting Ning Yuan any further, Sikong Xue volunteered to put down a rebellion in the northern desert after only a few days of rest.

She thought that seeing Ning Yuan married when she returned to the capital would help her give up. But on the day she returned victorious, she overheard the people saying that the Ning family had offended the emperor and would probably be wiped out.

Sikong Xue raced toward the imperial city as if her life depended on it, but she was still too late.

To avenge the Ning family, Sikong Xue, who had never cared for power struggles, took off her armor and entered the court.

By the time she had risen to the highest ranks, before she could make a move, a foreign tribe presented a succubus who looked exactly like Ning Yuan.

Holding the imperial decree she had earned with her military achievements, Sikong Xue forced the new emperor to give her the tribute.

Looking at that identical face, Sikong Xue felt a pang of guilt.

The person before her was not Ning Yuan. Wasn’t what she was doing a betrayal of the woman she loved?

Sikong Xue could only keep her in her residence, avoiding her day after day.

Then one day, Sikong Xue discovered that the tribute knew the secret she had shared with Ning Yuan.

Sikong Xue: !!!

[Childhood friends to lovers, lost and found again, false replacement romance]

Theme: True love can overcome anything.