The dilapidated sedan chair halted outside the palace gates. No drums, no festive music, no wedding procession. Only the biting autumn wind, swirling withered leaves around my feet. An imperial decree had summoned me back from the Cold Palace, a forgotten specter, after ten long years – all for this day. Yet, this grand wedding, which rightfully belonged to me, was utterly overshadowed and crushed by another, far louder commotion. Deafening drums and music suddenly erupted. A magnificent phoenix carriage, ostentatiously paraded through the streets, looking far more like a bride's conveyance than my own humble sedan chair. Prince Daniel, clad in auspicious red robes, yet appearing like a malevolent specter, emerged before the phoenix carriage. He personally kicked open the palace doors, extended a hand to the person within the grand carriage, and declared in a booming voice: "Sarah, you are the only wife in my heart. As for Emily? Hah, once she sets foot in this palace, I will strip her of her rightful Princess Consort title!" My personal maid trembled with fury, tears streaming down her face. * 【Wow, the female lead is just too miserable! Humiliated right from the start!】 * 【Fun Fact: This is a reborn Emily, the true daughter who was swapped at birth in her previous life and froze to death in the Cold Palace!】 * 【The comments are wrong! Emily is the real protagonist, Sarah is the wicked villainess!】 * 【Tsk, even the Empress Dowager called her a pushover. Looks like she won't be able to turn things around this lifetime.】 The Empress Dowager, seated on her phoenix couch behind layers of shimmering pearl curtains, delivered her verdict with dismissive indifference: "She is indeed weak and easily bullied." They all assumed that, behind the thin, round fan, they would see a face of resignation and sorrow. But no one could see that behind the fan, in my eyes, tempered by ten years of the Cold Palace's icy solitude, the fires of hell burned. "In my previous life, you stole my wedding, my identity, my very existence." My fingertips clenched so tight they threatened to snap. "This life, it's my turn." The curtain falls, but the true drama has only just begun. Shen Fengyi, once a failed consort betrayed and killed despite supporting the prince to emperor, is reborn. Determined to avoid past mistakes, she spends ten years mastering dance, charm, and business to gain power, win the prince's heart, and become empress.