[Wan'er, you've finally woken up. If you didn't wake up soon, I wouldn't know what to do.]
Opening my eyes once more, I saw Liu Ruyan dressed in white.
I had been reborn to the time when I fell into the water.
I am a strategist, and my target is the villain, the deposed Crown Prince Qin Su.
The current emperor is a cold-hearted person who exiled the late Empress's entire family after using them.
Even the only son the late Empress gave birth to was deposed by the current emperor, becoming a pitiful figure within the Imperial Palace.
In the original work, the deposed Crown Prince is described as dark and ruthless, stopping at nothing to achieve his goals and treating human life as if it were ants.
He caused a lot of trouble for the male lead, ultimately dying a horrible death, torn limb from limb!
As for me, it was due to a car accident that I became bound to a system.
It told me that as long as I could win over the deposed Crown Prince, I could survive!
So, I killed the male lead and helped the deposed Crown Prince ascend the throne step by step, giving my true feelings in the process.
I once thought of holding onto my true intentions.
But he would protect me from harm, prepare meals for me every day for ten years, and stand by me in front of everyone.
He knew all my preferences and would send me thoughtful gifts on every holiday.
So, with each confession of love from him, I also lucidly succumbed.
In the end, he ascended the throne, and my strategy value reached full marks.
He didn't make me the Empress, because he said he wanted a lifetime with just the two of us, not wanting those ministers to gossip about me.
After all, if I became the Empress and didn't allow him to take concubines, those ministers would certainly accuse me of being jealous!
But now I understand, he intended to leave the position of Empress cleanly to Liu Ruyan.
If it weren't for stepping over my corpse, I would surely praise this as a truly profound and earth-moving love.