The Sickly Prince's Beloved: The Cunning Poisonous Consort

She was the legitimate eldest daughter of the Prime Minister’s household, yet she died at the hands of her half-sister. Her half-sister smiled sweetly as she plunged a hairpin into her heart, then turned to the others with an aggrieved look. “I had no idea things would turn out this way. I really didn’t mean to…” Her fiancé was full of concern. “Lian’er surely didn’t do it on purpose. It’s all the fault of this ugly creature, who just had to go looking for trouble…” Her loving grandmother showed not the slightest pity. “She’s just a worthless life. Dead is dead. Take her out and bury her.” Her aunt and maternal grandmother sneered. “How vicious! She tried to harm someone and brought ruin upon herself. Good and evil are repaid in kind. She deserved to die!” Everyone pitied the murderer and blamed her instead. No one saw her lying in a pool of blood. Her half-sister merely turned her head and smiled triumphantly at her. “Big Sister, I’ve taken your fiancé, your loved ones’ affection, and your place as the legitimate eldest daughter. Little Sister truly feels uneasy about it! But you were too ugly, stupid, and foolish, and your fate was so lowly that you couldn’t have held on to such good fortune anyway!” “Big Sister, my mother poisoned your mother to death with a bowl of medicine, and I used a single dose to leave your little brother with barely any time to live. You were born foolish and hideous, too. What reason do you have to stay in this world? Why not just die now and let Little Sister and the heir have their happy ending?” Reborn, she returned to the time just after her mother’s death. Her aunt had yet to be made a proper wife, her half-sister had yet to become a legitimate daughter, and her little brother was still alive. And she was no longer foolish. In her previous life, everything she did was wrong simply because she was ugly. But her half-sister was beautiful as a flower, so even when she killed someone, it was considered an accident. So in this life, with a clever, calculating mind and her beauty restored, she would turn everything around. She would find out what it felt like to wear a human face with a heart as cruel as a snake’s, to kill someone and still be forgiven by everyone without question. At the grand state banquet, the foolish girl made a dazzling entrance. From then on, her name spread across the land, and her fame resounded throughout the Nine Provinces. Watching her half-sister and her former fiancé stare in disbelief, she smiled brightly as the sun. “I’ve returned from hell. Are you ready to offer up your lives?” In this life, she would ruin the reputations of everyone who had once bullied and framed her. She would send her half-sister and that scoundrel to the deepest level of hell. Everyone who had trampled her and her brother underfoot would get what they deserved. And she would make the empire her plaything! He was Prince Pingnan’s hostage in the capital, born of a concubine, unloved, frail, and sickly. Rumor had it he didn’t have long to live. When she met him, two people who both enjoyed playing the fool to catch their enemies off guard crossed paths. She said, “If we join forces, we can repel ten thousand enemies. When the rewards and honors come, we’ll split them fifty-fifty.” He raised an eyebrow, his smile unmatched in its elegance. “I don’t care for gold, silver, jewels, high office, or wealth. But I’m getting on in years and still don’t have a wife. Why don’t you offer yourself to me?” A satisfying story about a strong heroine, with palace intrigue, household battles, and martial-world clashes. A strong hero and a strong heroine join forces. If you like this, please add it to your bookshelf and follow along!