Buried Alive by My Trash Husband, I Turned Around and Seized the Emperor’s Heart and Phoenix Throne

[Palace Intrigue Revenge, Not a Chaste Couple, Exclusive Devotion Later On, Clear-Eyed Heroine] Everyone in the capital says Lord Gu loves his wife more than any man could. Xu Qingzhi is his humble first wife, a country orphan who thinks the world of her husband. Everyone is waiting for Gu Beichen to divorce this useless wife, including Xu Qingzhi herself, who is waiting for the divorce papers. Then one day, she “accidentally” discovers her husband’s affair with a princess. The haughty princess says, “Only the dead can keep a secret. Kill her, and I’ll get you promoted!” Her husband says, “Qingzhi, a day as husband and wife is worth a hundred days of affection. Do one last thing for me and sacrifice yourself for my career!” Who says she’s useless? Look, she’s become a stepping-stone on his road to success! Her scumbag husband buries her alive with his own hands, but the King of Hell refuses to take her! The heaviest rain in three years lets her claw her way out of hell! Xu Qingzhi finally sees clearly: true love lasts only a moment, but power lasts forever. So she sets her sights on the most honored man in the world, the emperor himself. If she’s going to do this, she’ll become the most honored woman in all the land! She’ll be empress, then empress dowager! From now on, men and women alike are just rungs on her ladder to the top. But gradually, things start to get strange. Her scumbag ex is being crushed under her heel, yet he clings to her leg and refuses to let go? The women in the harem aren’t competing for the emperor’s favor; they keep showing up around her instead. And the emperor’s gaze is becoming increasingly unsettling, as if he wants to devour her!