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Empress Becomes Stepmother: Calm Down, Top Scholar Son

share time: 2026-01-21 00:37:35

Empress Bai Zhao is reborn after a palace coup, only to become the "vicious stepmother" of newly crowned top scholar Gu Yan—her past self was jealous and harsh, making Gu Yan cold toward her. To turn things around, Bai Zhao uses her imperial wisdom from her previous life: exposing the concubine's schemes, helping Gu Yan defuse court frame-ups, and even protecting him with her body during an assassination. The cold and aloof Gu Yan gradually discovers the "different" stepmother—she understands power struggles yet is gentle, bringing him ginger tea when he stays up late and standing by him when he's wronged. Just as Gu Yan shifts from alienation to dependence, Bai Zhao realizes this rebirth may hold a bigger secret...

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