Rejecting Prince Lance, Crowned Empress

In her past life, Claire Shaw was used by her family and forced to marry Prince Lance, a man she never loved. After years of ruthless palace struggles, she became the most powerful woman in Zora, yet spent her entire life cold and alone. Reborn on the night of the Lantern Festival, she refuses to be anyone’s pawn again. With her extraordinary embroidery skills, she enters the palace, avoids Prince Lance, and marries the Crown Prince instead. Step by step, she lays her own traps and uncovers the schemes of the Shaw family, Prince Quentin’s Estate, and the noble factions. Can Claire take control of the game and rewrite her fate?