Back Before the Tyrant Turned Evil

In the third year of Zhaoning, the young emperor was gravely ill. The court officials and historians were up in arms, demanding that Su Jiao, the wicked empress, be executed.

She had been in the palace for five years. Petty by nature and narrow-minded, she had failed to manage the young emperor's harem. Instead, she killed his favorite consort and cut off his line of heirs, driving a mild-mannered young emperor into becoming a tyrant. And then, to top it all off, she made him so angry that he dropped dead!

The ministers: What a calamity! This poisonous empress must be sent to the afterlife with a cup of poison!

Su Jiao: I am truly innocent!

He killed his favorite consort himself, and ordered the execution of his own heirs. The tyrant made himself so angry that he died. What does that have to do with her?

But not one of the ministers listened to her pleas. They sent her to the afterlife with a cup of poison.

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When Su Jiao opened her eyes again, she had returned to her first year in the palace.

That year's tyrant was still a puppet prince living in the Cold Palace, a poor thing who would blush just from saying a few words to someone.

After countless failed attempts to escape, she resolutely set out to prevent him from turning evil, so she wouldn't end up taking the blame and dying miserably like she had in her previous life.

Su Jiao worked diligently, trying every day to change him with her words. She held an umbrella over him on rainy days and kept him company in the Cold Palace day and night, afraid that if he grew up twisted, her own life would be forfeit.

At first, the plan worked remarkably well.

The tyrant went from moody and unpredictable to calling her Jiao Jiao every day.

“When you become emperor, you must be diligent and kind. Don't become a tyrant. Nobody likes one.”

A dark glint flashed in the young man's eyes.

“I understand, Jiao Jiao.”

Su Jiao watched with satisfaction as he rose from prince to emperor. Just as she was about to retire with her work done, the pitiful boy transformed, imprisoning her at his side with a sinister, twisted look in his eyes.

“If only you had treated me this way in my previous life, Jiao Jiao. Then neither of us would have had to go through all this again.”

Su Jiao: ?

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How had this tyrant been reborn too?

A survival-minded wicked empress & a dark, twisted tyrant

The favorite consort and the children have their own reasons behind them. Both past and present lives are 1v1.

The heroine died in her previous life, but the hero doesn't know.

Blurb dated 2024.07.17

Cover used with permission. Thanks to @San Tai Ling, Bu Xiu and Yu Da Yan

Theme: Love and trust without doubt