The Poisonous Empress: The Legitimate Daughter's Schemes

In her previous life, she helped him ascend the throne. A once-innocent girl hardened herself into a venomous, scheming woman. She plotted for his sake and poisoned the person who loved her most. Little did she know that after devoting her whole life to him, all she got in return was his callousness. He branded her a "disastrous enchantress" and banished her to the Cold Palace, while her half-sister rose to become empress. She gave birth to a daughter in the Cold Palace. Then her half-sister came to visit, bringing the news that her own child had died horribly. "Little sister, do you recognize the fan in my hand?" At the altar of sacrifice, everyone wanted to be rid of the demon empress: her lover's cold-heartedness, her father's indifference, her half-sister's smug delight, and the people of Qi, for whom she had once risked her life, all turned against her. On the grounds that "sacrificing mother and daughter to Heaven will bring Qi a hundred years of peace," they mercilessly sent her and her newborn daughter to the altar. There, she herself dropped her newborn child to the ground. Blood stained her vision and extinguished her conscience. Seeing everyone stare at her as if she were a ghost, she suddenly burst out laughing. "I, Ling Zhiyun, swear on my child's blood: may Qi's ruler be unfit to rule, its officials unfit to serve, and its people unfit to live. If I am ever born again, I will make you pay for everything you have done today in blood." Only when countless arrows pierced her heart did she realize that the person who had loved her most had always been her enemy. She owed him far more than one life, but by then, she could never repay him. After being reborn, she avoided him and kept her distance, determined not to hurt him again. But he teased and tormented her because he knew she still cared for him. When she opened her eyes again, she was back at the age of fifteen. The conspiracy had yet to begin, and it was also the day her five-year spell of amnesia ended. When she awoke, she regained the memories of both her lives. It turned out that her mother had made her forget those lives by giving her a cup of deadly poison. In her previous life, she had actually been a woman who transmigrated from the modern world. After her rebirth, the conspiracies came as before. Her father's concubine was still a hypocrite, her half-sister still vicious, her younger half-sister still cruel and jealous, and her father still fake and heartless. But this time, she was no longer the fool she had once been. Against their schemes, she would fight poison with poison. First, she would ruin her treacherous half-sister's beauty, then compromise her hypocritical stepmother's virtue, drive her cruel and jealous younger half-sister mad, and finally send her false-hearted father to the executioner's block. This time, she would never let anyone manipulate her. She would make everyone who had hurt her pay in blood. Anyone who had bullied, harmed, or used her would be spared by no one in this life. Just as her careful plans were about to put her on the throne again, her mother, the princess who was supposed to be dead, suddenly appeared to save her hypocritical father. But her real purpose in returning was to force her daughter to her death once more. If you show me no mercy, don't expect any from me. Yet after she dealt with her half-sisters, the scoundrel from her past and the crown prince both wanted to marry her. And they weren't the only ones: even the unfathomable Imperial Preceptor and the exalted emperor wanted her. The scoundrel said, "I promise you a lifetime together, just the two of us. If I become emperor, you will be my only empress!" The crown prince said, "You are the only one I will ever love. I will make you the most honored woman in the world!" The Imperial Preceptor said, "Marry me, girl, and I will be yours!" The dead emperor said, "Yun'er, marry me and I will make you empress at once!" The crown prince offers her the throne, the scoundrel renews his promise, the dead emperor uses his power to pressure her, and the devoted Imperial Preceptor offers himself to her. But this time, she is no longer an ignorant girl. The empress may be The Outcast, yet in this life she wants to stand above everyone. Being empress is not as good as being king: no matter how high the empress rises, she can never surpass the king. This time, she will soar above the nine heavens and look down upon the world. This is a devoted, one-on-one romance with a powerful hero and a ruthless heroine. She is utterly ruthless, and in her eyes, anyone can be used or betrayed. He is the only person she dares not touch again.