The Black Lotus Doesn't Want to Be a Tyrant

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In her previous life, Xu Suiyi was the youngest daughter of a Great Liang general, and her fiancé was a renowned Vice Minister of Rites.

She was cherished by everyone, and her life should have gone smoothly. Instead, it ended with an imperial decree announcing that her father and brothers had fallen in battle.

That day, beneath a cold full moon, Xu Suiyi gazed at the half of the sky glowing red with fire and threw herself into the river.

After transmigrating and living another life in the modern world, before she could enjoy her peaceful days, she found herself once again before the River of Rebirth, on the brink of returning to hell.

With an uncertain future stretching before her, all she wanted was to forget the past and enter the cycle of reincarnation in peace.

Heaven had other plans.

She returned to Great Liang, taking the place of a puppet princess who had been kept under guard.

Her brother did not care for her, and her mother did not love her. She was also to be used as a tool in the struggle for power.

A sudden upheaval ended the young life of the real princess. To protect the Xu family and her father and brothers, Xu Suiyi adopted the princess's identity and maneuvered among the various factions.

But she always kept her distance from Xie Changting, almost without thinking.

In her previous life, everyone thought that the daughter of a military general was unworthy of a young man as brilliant and refined as him.

Under everyone's expectations and doubts, she had hoped for a happy and harmonious marriage with him,

until the letter breaking off their engagement arrived at the Xu residence after the imperial decree,

shattering every one of her illusions.

Between her and Xie Changting, there could be no speaking, no asking, no hope.

Yet in this new life, the elderly emperor seemed to have seen through her secret. A secret decree ordered her to assist the Seventh Prince in ascending the throne.

Before her mission was complete, the princess's brother, the Sixth Prince, staged a coup.

With the two sides facing off, Xu Suiyi, in her role as princess, was pushed onto the throne.

The regent, who had been ordered to assist with the government, and the Chancellor argued against each other in court every day.

She listened until she was numb, then had to sneak the memorials to him after court each day.

Using official business as an excuse, Chancellor Xie stayed in the palace night after night.

The man who had once seemed as pristine as a gentle breeze beneath the moon lay on her bed, smiling as he asked what she liked.

Xu Suiyi: "I like it when you stay far away from me."

Theme: As long as life goes on, keep striving.