Becoming Empress in a Sister-Swapping Marriage Story

Su Yuerong and her legitimate younger sister, Su Yuetong, are both reborn. In their previous lives, Su Yuerong married a poor but hardworking candidate who had passed the imperial examination, and they built their lives from scratch. Su Yuetong married Prince Jing and enjoyed wealth and glory. Everyone said Su Yuetong was so lucky. Who could have known the dynasty would fall in the blink of an eye? The poor scholar passed the palace examination first, then became a prefect. When the dynasty collapsed, he built walls and stockpiled grain to protect the people. He never declared himself king, but helped install a new emperor. In the new dynasty, he was made a duke, and Su Yuerong became a lady of the highest rank. But when the dynasty fell, Su Yuetong was in the capital. The princesses and consorts were valued at a thousand gold pieces, and the noble ladies at a hundred. Sobbing, she was handed over to the invading foreigners and suffered endless humiliation. In this life, as soon as Su Yuerong is reborn, she hears that Su Yuetong has given her the chance to enter the palace and be selected as a consort. She promptly packs her things and sets out to marry that poor scholar. Su Yuerong is in a complicated state of mind. ...Wait, you've been reborn and have all that information, and that's still the extent of your ambition?! I'm going to wear the imperial robes, fight for power, rule from behind the curtain, take charge of the court, keep three thousand male favorites, and live the ultimate life. Theme: A wonderful life depends entirely on holding power yourself!