The Sweet-Tongued Embroiderer Is Cunning and Ruthless, and the Powerful Minister Helps Her Rise

[Revenge + both leads reborn + powerful allies + marriage before love + mutual salvation] In my previous life, I was the most celebrated embroiderer in the capital, yet my own brother sent me into the clutches of the Third Prince! He gouged out my eyes, severed my hand, shattered my pride, and destroyed my embroidery workshop! With my frail body, I entrusted the evidence of his crimes to Lu Tingzhou, a junior official of the Court of Judicial Review. He offered the heads of my vile brother and cruel husband at my grave as a sacrifice to me... I thought I could finally die without regrets, but when I turned around, I saw him pierced by a thousand arrows, falling into a pool of blood. Reborn, they tell me that women are like willow fluff drifting in the wind, and that being at the mercy of others is simply a woman's fate? To hell with fate! I'll embroider with blood if I have to. I'll kill my vile brother and destroy the prince! My engagement to Lu Tingzhou was just a scheme, with each of us getting what we needed. So how did he make his own heart a game piece, then deliberately throw the whole game away? “Lu Tingzhou, we agreed this was only a partnership...” The man before her grips her wrist, kneeling beside the bed, his eyes dark as ink. “My lady, do you find this blade of mine inadequate?” He leans close to her ear, his voice cool and faintly mocking. “In my previous life, you were much more upset when I died than you are now.”