In her previous life, she was a notorious villainess who used every means at her disposal to force the man she loved to marry her. Obsessive and vicious, she was hated by everyone in the imperial city.
This time, she takes things too far. The young man uses her to ascend the throne, then turns the tables and builds her a cage, making her his caged songbird, forever trapped in his grasp. She never expects this to be the beginning of his revenge. Once in power, he has her entire clan slaughtered and allows the palace consorts to torment her. After years of abuse at his hands, she dies by his own hand.
Reborn, she will break this golden cage with her own hands and atone for her sins before the young man turns dark.
In this life, she will live for herself, stay far away from love, make a fortune, build a career, and lead her whole family into retirement. That's the right path.
Just as everyone thinks the imperial city's villainess, Li Jinsi, has turned over a new leaf, she points her sword at the emperor himself.
"Stop being a villainess? Not a chance."
She thought that atoning for her sins would let her walk away unscathed, but she never expected him to become the one who was obsessive and ruthless in this life, determined to lock her in a golden cage, step by step.