How a Mad Empress Was Made

Su Shuisui transmigrates into the body of a four-year-old refugee in Dongli. She crawls out of a pile of corpses, lives as a beggar and a thief, and even ends up in a military camp. Thirteen years. It takes her just thirteen years to become the Marquis of Huai'an, a powerful minister second only to the emperor. Scheming and plotting seem to be etched into her very bones. When she first meets Su Yu, he is a frail prince being punished to kneel, while she is a minister accompanying the emperor to admire the snow. Frailty, no power, and a pretty face. This man must belong to me, Su Shuisui. “However bad things get, the situation on a chessboard can still be reversed. Sometimes, turning everything upside down is a way forward. But that only works if you are the hand controlling the game.” “Sir, there is also an opponent across the board. You cannot control his hand. What do you do then?” “A-Yu, there can only ever be one hand in a game of chess.” She picked up the hot tea beside her with her slender hand and took a small sip. The fragrance of tea filled the air.