The pessimistic and negative daughter of a concubine living in the ancient times thought - since life is so difficult, why should one invest serious effort in struggling to live? The life of an ancient noble woman is often determined and controlled by her family. Moreover, one's actions often implicate one's entire family - thus, it is fairly common to see an unexpected calamity result in suffering borne by one's whole family. Managing to live a good and successful life while retaining one's dignity is simply too difficult to achieve. Ah, living in the ancient times is simply too dangerous - we should all just sleep till we die.

Blamed and accused of every miss deed, from natural disasters to stealing the young love a spoiled daughter of a nobleman. Emmy's life turned upside down when the whole world turned their backs on her. Living her life as the villain in everyone's eyes, she is hated on, despised, and cursed at. However to Emmy, if they want her to be the villain. She'll be play that role. She'll become a villain and live her life without reservations. She'll say what she'll want to say. Do what she wants to do. Eat what she wants to eat. Sleep with whoever she wants to sleep with. She'll live her life freely, the way she wants to live it. If they want to blame her and make her into a villain. Then she'll be it. Just as long as they leave her alone. However should they come knocking on her doors, she'll live up to those villainous rumors and make it reality. **Warning**Extremely mature content

After living living her life until she was old and grey. Poison expert Lihua Lei died peacefully at an old age, surrounded by those she love. Expecting to rest in peace in the afterlife, Lihua Lei finds herself not in heaven, but instead her soul transmigrated into the body of a young 18 year old who died full of hatred and regret. The young girl's name is also Lihua Lei. She is the neglected legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister. Having been betrayed by her half sisters, Lihua finds herself poisoned, kidnapped and left for dead inside a cave for the animals to feast on her dead corpse. Lihua swore a death oath for revenge and found another soul replace her's as her soul starts to fade. "In exchange for giving me your body and letting me live a second life. This grandma promises to fulfill your last wish and take revenge on those who wronged you. To the littlest disagreement to the biggest betrayal, this grandma promises to pay them back tenfold so your soul can rest in peace." Grandma Lihua promised the young Lihua. "This grandma has already lived a life full of hardship and knows the sweet taste of peace, so this grandma isn't afraid to let them know what Lihua Lei's true colors are! This old grandma will show them not to mess with Lihua Lei!"

She was sold to a richer family, and then substituted their daughter to be a palace servant candidate at 15. As news spread fast like the wind, she knows that a palace servant's life is not easy. She wishes for release as soon as she enters the palace. A chameleon she wants to be, to blend in with the surroundings, attracting no attention. However, fate decides otherwise. As everyday passes, she begins to witness, one by one, the scheming yet melancholic lives of people in the palace. She wants to leave such a place, only to find out later that she can never escape the tight grasp of cruel destiny. This girl, her name is Jade Yeva/Yè Ān Yù. --- •Sequel: Princess In The Palace (can be read as a standalone) •Full summary in summary chapter. •This is actually a Historical Chinese-based story, with names tweaked into English to suit English readers too. Name translation will be provided at the end of chapters. ***HIGHEST #5 in Historical Fiction.

She returned with hatred in her heart and vengeance in her mind. In order to achieve her goals, she used all kind of schemes to climb into the bed of one man after another. Author : 勤劳的小野猫 Status : Complete [ 230 Chapters + 28 Extras ] Chapter 1 - 76 : translated & dropped by other translators.

Raised by wolves that prowl the Western desert, Jade learnt to become human again after saving a man dying of thirst. Originally a Southern Dynasty citizen, he brought her back to the Jie tribe where he taught her arts and literacy and became her Father. However, she was yet again forced to survive with her lupine family, after her Father's death during the Jie tribe's coup d'etat, to escape the hunters who sought to silence her. Initially content with living out her days in the desert, she fatefully meets the calm and soft-spoken Meng Moxun, whom everyone calls the Ninth Master, then the handsome yet cold General Wei Wuji. Following her Father's dying wishes for her to see his birth place, she adventures into Jianan City, the capital of Mainland and changes her name to "Luna". Upon meeting these two men again, her past will influence how she responds to her future. Both men become exceedingly important to her survival as she unwittingly becomes embroiled in a dangerous political struggle within the Southern Dynasty palace, where these people were also at war with the Jie Tribe. Her past was bound to catch up with her. She falls for one man, but was rejected. What was his reason and who will she choose in the end? Who will protect her from her past, present and future? Ultimately, what will be the fate of her and her protectors?... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THIS STORY IS NOT MINE! BUT THIS WORK IS MINE! This is merely a translation of a drama called Sound of the Desert which is based on a Chinese Historical Romance novel written by Tong Hua called - Ballad of the Desert. I take no credit for the story! This story is merely my transformation of this beautiful drama and novel into literary English and I am utilising my creativity to share this captivating story. I will be posting links to the drama's episodes (English subtitled, don't worry) with each chapter.