Schemes of a Commoner

In her previous life, Yin Qiluo was a lowly concubine-born daughter of the Prime Minister’s household. After ten years of plotting, she helped Prince Rui win the struggle for the throne, rising from his concubine to the Eastern Palace. To her, a man had always been nothing more than a means of gaining power. That is, until the “Crown Prince Case” broke. The Crown Prince hanged himself, and she became the first Crown Princess in the history of the Huang Dynasty to be forcibly executed by strangulation.

Reborn, she makes one careful move after another as a concubine-born daughter, no longer staking everything on a man. Yet somehow, she catches the attention of Prince Yi, the man she never truly understood in her previous life.

“How do you know I can’t give you what you want?”

In her previous life, he came through the night, drenched in blood, his eyes as deep as an abyss. In this life, he presses close to her. “If you want me, then I’m yours.”

When she seeks revenge, he gives the order: “Watch and cheer her on.” When she throws the court into chaos, he kills to make an example: “A loose tongue deserves to die.” When she plots a rebellion, he beats the war drums and raises an army: “Change the dynasty. Replace the ruler.”

Yin Qiluo is a little concubine-born daughter with enormous ambitions, and he insists on making room for himself among them. There’s no helping it. This time, she wants both power and a man.