Girls' Love ABO. This is my next book, featuring a crematorium arc.
The blurb is tentative, and there may be a System.
Xue Mi ascended the throne at a young age. With northern tribes eyeing the empire from outside and powerful ministers entrenched within, she inherited a complete mess. She worked day and night, determined to become a ruler who would restore the Great Wei to glory.
First, she married the powerful minister's eldest daughter, Changsun Lanbi, to strengthen imperial authority.
Second, she died.
In the palace of Great Wei, after a night of passion, the Empress Changsun, famed for her virtue and grace, brought her a bowl of poison and sent her off to the next world without a second thought.
Xue Mi opened her eyes and found herself inhabiting a poor village girl who could barely make ends meet. Every day, she not only went hungry, but also had to earn money by gathering firewood and collecting manure.
Meanwhile, the Empress Changsun she had cherished usurped the realm, established a harem of three thousand, and gave birth to an illegitimate child who became the crown princess.
She had gone from supreme ruler to a remnant of the former dynasty, all thanks to the person who had shared her bed. Xue Mi trembled with rage, wishing she could throw herself down a well and die all over again.
The new emperor had spies everywhere in the village, and the village girl's memories kept surfacing to fight for control of her body. Xue Mi's suicide plans had to be postponed again and again.
Then, late one night, Xue Mi felt something smooth and slippery beneath her hands and woke with a start. Changsun Lanbi was lying naked beside her, her figure perfectly proportioned, slender and full in all the right places, as beautiful as a peony slowly unfurling.
Xue Mi: ???
After I died, did Changsun Lanbi get so desperate that she wouldn't even spare a village girl?
Theme: Take medicine according to your doctor's instructions.