Crown of Ashes

Empress Penny Zook, a strategic and meticulous woman, was brutally murdered by her adopted son Matt Adams on the very day she helped him ascend the throne in her past life. He revealed that her childlessness was orchestrated by the late Emperor. Dying with resentment, Penny was reborn on the day Matt was to be adopted. Defying imperial authority, she rejected to adopt him and saved his birth mother, Xenia Burke. After that, Matt lavished flattery on Penny, but she cleverly rebuffed him. She then exposed his schemes, leading him to unwittingly slay his own mother. After Matt's downfall, Penny adopted the Seventh Prince, Marty Adams and helped him ascend to the throne...