From the same author who wrote the story that The Double (2024 cdrama) is based off. She has a mini series of rebirth revenge novels and they're really entertaining - rebirth of the Di daughter (The Double), of a female general, of a malicious empress, and of an ill-fated consort.

A very enjoyable read although this was a bit too long at 254 chapters. There were a bunch of arcs that could've been omitted because they were unnecessary. With that being said, this author is truly skilled at writing complex and despicable villains whom you love to hate and whom you love to see suffer. The political machinations and malicious scheming were very engrossing and entertaining for this very reason - the underdog heroine is really sympathetic, the villain is so hate-able, and somehow it feels like the heroine always only wins by the skin of her teeth. This author is able to write intrigue and schemes such that there is a real sense of stakes and pressure from these villains even though we all know that the heroine will always win.

But IMO the author is a bit obsessed with youth and the two main leads' beauty LOL. Paragraph after paragraph is devoted to the heroine and love interest's youth and beauty, it gets a bit much sometimes lol.

I find this heroine quite interesting. She's a yandere. I thought the novel would have had more depth if there had been more focus on the heroine's struggle not to be overcome by vengeance (I love books that focus a lot on transformative character growth) but as it is, this is a 爽文 shuang wen - a revenge webnovel that just feels cathartic to read and that is hard to put down and is purely for entertainment. Which this novel has definitely achieved.