The Return of Zhaoyang

On the day the Great Liang fell, Princess Zhaoyang was dragged to the palace gates and burned alive before a crowd.

Only in her final moments did she learn that Minister Lin had sold the city’s defense plans, and that the heir, Pei Yan, had signed her death warrant.

When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to three years earlier. She was the new kitchen maid at the heir’s residence, known as A Hui.

In her hands was a secret edict from the late emperor: if Great Liang faced upheaval, Princess Zhaoyang was to govern in the emperor’s stead with the jade seal.

Her enemies from her previous life were right before her. The loyal ministers from her previous life were hiding in the stables. And the truth of her previous life was darker than she had imagined.

She had thought Minister Lin was a traitor, but he was only a scapegoat.

She had thought Pei Yan was her enemy, but he had been kept in the dark.

She had thought she knew the truth, but someone had deliberately let her believe it.

In her previous life, she died on her knees.

In this life, she would build a new city upon the ashes.