A Concubine with Three Marriages, and All My Ex-Husbands Ended Up in the Crematorium

The Commandery Princess set her sights on my father, had my mother killed, and became my stepmother. I lay low for sixteen years. First, I married a spoiled wastrel. Then I married a general as his second wife. Finally, I became a prince's concubine. I loved no one. I schemed my way to greater heights, sought revenge for my mother, and aimed to rule the world. I outmaneuvered a powerful minister and bore his child. He gripped me by the throat and demanded, “Why?” I smiled radiantly. “What’s the fun in watching the fire from across the river? You have to be caught up in it, so you can rot in the mud right alongside me!”