The Most Vicious Beauty: Empress Lü Zhi

Lü Zhi catches sight of another self in the mirror by chance. It is the ruthless streak and instinct for survival buried in her heart, surfacing only in mortal danger to fight her for control. During her two years as a hostage in the Chu camp, the reflection constantly urges her to abandon compassion and seize power. In the struggle for the throne and the purge of kings from other clans, she is repeatedly torn between conscience and shadow. After Liu Bang dies, Lady Qi closes in at every turn. The reflection brings about a tragedy that drives Liu Ying to collapse and die young. Lü Zhi rules as regent, allowing the people to recover and rebuild, while enfeoffing members of the Lü clan to protect herself. She knows that her killings have planted the seeds of disaster, and on her deathbed she urges her clan to hold on to military power. When she dies, the reflection vanishes with her. The world remembers only Empress Lü's cruelty, never knowing that all her life she had wrestled with the evil within herself.