Dream of the Phoenix Palace

Also known as Empress Lingzhang and Stealing My Match? I'll Marry the Tyrant and Take the Empress's Throne Instead. Short dramas: Only for Your Sake and Dream of the Phoenix Palace. Horizontal-screen drama: Marrying into Splendor [Double Rebirth and Switched Marriages + Palace Intrigue + Not Both Virgins + Devoted Love Later On + Clear-Eyed Heroine] Shen Zhining and her elder legitimate sister, Shen Nanqiao, are both reborn. In their previous lives, their father married Shen Zhining off to a poor scholar, while her elder sister entered the palace through the selection and was made a Noble Lady before she even served the Emperor. Everyone said her sister was destined for greatness and that they were worlds apart. Who would have thought that the poor scholar Shen Zhining married would pass the imperial examinations with top honors, become a marquis and then a chancellor, and make her the youngest first-rank titled lady of the dynasty? Meanwhile, her elder sister failed to win the Emperor's favor, spent half her life languishing in the deep palace, and eventually died a miserable death after being framed. When Shen Zhining opens her eyes again, she discovers she has returned to the time before her betrothal. Her elder sister rushes to marry the poor scholar and sends her to the palace for the selection. She's delighted. The scholar may have some talent, but his ambitions reach the heavens. His family also includes a harsh mother-in-law and a troublesome younger sister. In her previous life, the only reason he rose to success was that she exhausted herself managing his affairs and paving his way. In this life, her elder sister won't get any of the glory she wanted. The Emperor is young and handsome, and the empress's throne is vacant. Every woman entering the palace has a chance to compete for it. Shen Zhining has known since childhood that men can't be relied upon. She wants wealth and honor, not a shred of true affection. How could a first-rank titled lady compare to the mother of all under heaven? In this life, let her enjoy this boundless fortune! But Shen Zhining gradually discovers that there is a woman who transmigrated into a book in the harem, as well as a suitor with a System. No matter. She'll take them all out! But can someone tell her why the Emperor's gaze is becoming more and more strange?