

Non-royal Prince Lucas Steele leads his army north to reclaim lost lands. On the verge of retaking the imperial city, Empress Simone Erwin issues eighteen edicts ordering a retreat. The countless lives sacrificed over five years of battle were all for nothing. Back at court, Lucas is framed, publicly humiliated, stripped of his rank, and watches the recovered lands handed back to the enemy. Disheartened, he walks away.

When Empress Maria Devin falls gravely ill, she seeks her long-lost daughter, Lillian Devin, to pass the throne.Once devoted to her husband, Matt Goodwin, Lillian is betrayed and forced into divorce. Protected by the loyal eunuch Jerome Barry and aided by Chris McNeil, she uncovers the truth, punishes the wicked, and rises from abandoned wife to empress, reclaiming her destiny amid betrayal, revenge, and palace intrigue.
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The Bellaros border is in crisis, and Eloise Quimby volunteers for a political marriage. She has grown up with the crown prince, inseparable from him for ten years, yet now she leaves him behind. When he seeks to marry Camila Lowe instead of her, Eloise’s heart has already turned cold. The emperor names her Protector of the Realm, to wed in seven days—while the crown prince remains unaware…

The Bellaros border is in crisis, and Eloise Quimby volunteers for a political marriage. She has grown up with the crown prince, inseparable from him for ten years, yet now she leaves him behind. When he seeks to marry Camila Lowe instead of her, Eloise’s heart has already turned cold. The emperor names her Protector of the Realm, to wed in seven days—while the crown prince remains unaware…

Adopted daughter Claire Carter's birthday poem for the Empress Dowager is twisted into treason. Before she can destroy it, her family's real daughter Vivian Carter steals credit — then disowns Claire and forces her to marry the brutal Prince of Huai. Claire watches calmly as her enemies fall, until she's revealed as the Empress Dowager's true daughter.

A modern slacker mocks a cheesy web drama and gets struck by lightning. He wakes up as Charles Vanbrugh, the chancellor in the drama. He plans to follow the story's script by making the empress, Adelaide Leighton, distrust him so he can start a rebellion. Unexpectedly, she is also reborn and regrets what she did in her past life. So, she spoils him instead. Charles gradually grows from a carefree schemer into a ruler worthy of the throne.

Modern special agent Cameron Belmore is betrayed and killed on a mission. He then wakes up as the puppet emperor of the Auren Empire, who is a eunuch kidnapped by the empress dowager, Sophia Greenwood, to impersonate the late emperor. Facing a coup, he crushes his enemies with ruthless tactics, strips his rivals of power, and outsmarts an attempt to expose his identity. As he secures the throne, greater palace conspiracies and political battles await.

Modern special agent Cameron Belmore is betrayed and killed on a mission. He then wakes up as the puppet emperor of the Auren Empire, who is a eunuch kidnapped by the empress dowager, Sophia Greenwood, to impersonate the late emperor. Facing a coup, he crushes his enemies with ruthless tactics, strips his rivals of power, and outsmarts an attempt to expose his identity. As he secures the throne, greater palace conspiracies and political battles await.

Emma Miller, a top chaebol heiress, married a poor man for love.Using all her connections and resources, she single-handedly propelled her husband Ryan to success. On their fifth wedding anniversary, a mute chauffeur's silent hint exposed the shocking secret hidden in his Maybach's secret compartment: property deeds for a luxury mansion and forged documents stripping her of her premarital assets. Most devastating of all, the mistress turned out to be her trusted secretary, whom she had sponsored and promoted from scratch. Biding her time, Emma gathered solid evidence, revealed her true identity as a chaebol heiress at a grand public banquet, and completely ruined the cheating couple, leaving them disgraced and penniless.

"Betrayed empress Vivian Carter awakens as a 200-pound wife, fattened by her husband's first love. She divorces, exposes the scheme, slims down with royal secrets, and rises in antiques. When the first love's crimes are exposed, Damon regrets, but Vivian builds her own empire.