Empress in a Second Life

In 24 AD, she brought an army of a hundred thousand from Hebei and married Liu Xiu, who was surrounded on all sides and fleeing in panic.

In 25 AD, Liu Xiu proclaimed himself emperor in Hao County, but she was only granted the title of Noble Lady. That same year, another woman arrived at the palace in Luoyang.

A year later, she was finally made empress, only to learn that she was the woman he would love for all his life. Sixteen years later, she was innocently deposed on trumped-up charges. Eleven years after that, she died in despair.

It seemed that her very existence was meant to bear witness to the steadfast love between Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua, making their legendary romance possible. Behind the glow of their love, she was left as little more than a shadow.

Now reborn, how will this woman, exploited from beginning to end, escape her laughable and tragic fate and forge a life of her own?

“In this life, no one will ever say in front of me, ‘A man should marry Yin Lihua!’”