Reborn, She Refused to Be Empress and Became the Richest Woman

In her previous life, Shen Qingling poured her heart and soul into helping Li Yu, only to end up gravely ill, with barely any of her loved ones left by her side. Reborn by a stroke of luck, she was no longer the pitiful caged bird blinded by love and hatred. But just as she resolved to leave her past behind and live a quiet life, trouble kept finding her. And that was not all. The dirty-faced beggar cat at her door today turned out to be the young heir of Prince Rong's household, who had gone missing. Tomorrow, the stingy diner who came by for a free meal was a junior minister at the Court of Judicial Review. Even the auntie who brought her vegetables every day had been replaced by the prime minister's wife! Some wanted to lend her a hand, some wanted to take her back as a daughter-in-law, and others simply latched onto her. But what surprised everyone was that this young lady, who was skilled at blending incense and owned the largest restaurant in Yangzhou, needed no one's help. She was the one person in the city of Yangzhou no one dared cross. Xue Yu, the junior minister at the Court of Judicial Review, had only wanted to help Shen Qingling because he pitied her. Now he realized he might be getting himself entangled with her. Ever since Li Yu received his father's verbal instruction, he had dreamed of the same woman every night. In his dreams, the peerlessly beautiful woman, draped in rosy clouds, married him before countless onlookers and stayed by his side as he rose from hardship to power. Li Yu thought this might be a sign from Heaven. But he waited and waited: he waited until he returned from the northern frontier, until he was thrown into prison, until he ascended the throne, and still the woman from his dreams never appeared. Then one day, he discovered that the fabulously wealthy young lady in Yangzhou looked exactly like the woman in his dreams! Only by then, it seemed the young lady already had someone else by her side.