But in reality, the female lead is a very intelligent and extremely cold-blooded person. Of course, this cold-bloodedness disappears completely in front of the male lead, probably to create the image of a deeply affectionate yet powerful woman.

Aside from dealing with the male lead, she was always exceptionally ruthless. Upon ascending the throne, she stripped all her sisters of their power, and then used various reasons to demote or kill them.

The heroine's ascension to the throne is only a small part of the story; the larger part lies in what follows.

The story that follows is about the empress being plotted against by her resentful younger sister. Of course, this younger sister is not the original owner of the body, but rather another younger sister who has been stripped of power, demoted, or exiled.

The younger sister was unwilling to accept this, feeling that even if she could never sit on that position again, she would fight the female lead to the death.

So, during one of the heroine's trips, he arranged for someone to assassinate her. When she fled back to the capital, she was seriously injured and collapsed on a path next to a temple.

She was rescued by the male lead who was on his way to offer incense. The male lead was incredibly handsome and fell in love with her at first sight.

Later, I learned about his background. Although he was in a filthy place, he was like a lotus flower in a prosperous age, rising from the mud unsullied. Many high-ranking officials and nobles wanted to redeem him, but he only wanted to leave the brothel through his own efforts.

We also learned that he entered the brothel for his mother, who was seriously ill. Their small family had long been torn apart, and he sold himself into the brothel to help his mother.

His musical skills were so impressive because although he came from a humble family, he still had some financial resources. His mother had a tutor teach him to play the piano from a young age, and he did indeed learn very well. That's why the madam agreed to let him sell his art but not his body.

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However, a man from a brothel could never become a phoenix king. The female lead did a lot to rearrange the male lead's identity, erase everything about his past, and let him stand openly beside her.

The male protagonist was deeply moved by her actions, so he tried his best to repay her by being a good and virtuous wife in the palace, playing music to relieve her worries, providing her with delicious food, and being gentle, considerate, and attentive.

He follows the female protagonist into battle and always comes up with great ideas to help her achieve victory.

His intelligence and virtue made the female lead fall even more in love with him, so she dismissed the harem and vowed to love only him for the rest of her life.

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The romantic storylines at the beginning were quite good, if it weren't for the fact that too many people had to sacrifice themselves.

Of course, the most ridiculous part wasn't that the female lead was too cold-blooded and killed too many people; the most ridiculous part was what happened later on.

The female protagonist loses her memory after being injured again, and is rescued by a young and handsome man.

The female lead was already in her thirties at that time, and the male lead was almost thirty as well.

Although her appearance was still stunning, after looking at her for a while, and because the female lead had amnesia, she couldn't remember anything at all.

The female lead falls in love with the male supporting character who saved her. Later, she learns her identity from the jade pendant and sees the person who came looking for her.

Even though the female protagonist has lost her memory, she is very clever. She figured out that the person who came to find her was her most loyal subordinate, and learned some things about herself from him.

Of course, the zodiac sign also told the female lead that she had a beloved phoenix prince, but at the time the female lead didn't pay any attention and was only focused on her new love.

What could her subordinates say in this situation? They could only keep quiet and not mention it again to avoid displeasing the monarch.