Don't Treat Me Like Decor

Empress Li Ganing of the Great Zhou is cunning and strategic. In her past life, she helped her adopted son, Feng Xuan, seize the throne, but he brutally killed her on the day of his coronation and falsely claimed her barrenness was the Emperor's doing. Consumed by hatred, she died. Now reborn on the day she was to adopt Feng Xuan, she defies imperial power, refuses the adoption, and saves his mother, Xu Mianmian. Believing rejection would make her beg for favor, Feng Xuan tries hard to win her back, only to be cleverly rebuffed by Li Ganing. She also schemes to expose his plots, leading him to kill his own mother. After Feng Xuan's downfall, Li Ganing adopts the Seventh Prince, Feng Xiao, and helps him ascend the throne.