Gu Xiaocong never thought she'd reincarnate in the present timeline after transmigrating to the ancient past for twenty-four years! In her previous life, Gu Xiaocong grew up in the countryside with parents who didn't love her. When they heard that their neighbor's daughter was working outside and making money, they forced her to quit school and participate in a reality show in exchange for seven hundred dollars.

Gu Xiaocong's life changed because of this show. The participants of the show were all ordinary folks. The content of the livestreams was to show the difference between girls who grew up in the countryside and girls who grew up in the city. The program team edited the show with ill intentions so Gu Xiaocong would be labeled as the 'uncultured hillbilly'. She would then become the victim of cyberbullying.

Three years later, Gu Xiaocong's biological parents found her. Only then did she realize that her original parents were human traffickers. They swapped Gu Xiaocong with their own daughter so that the latter could have a good life. Meanwhile, the girl from the city, Gu Xiaocong's polar opposite on the show, was actually the human trafficker's biological daughter. The masterminds who caused her to become the victim of cyberbullying turned out to be her birth parents! However, they didn't feel guilty at all. They still sided with the fake young lady they raised. They believed the fake young lady was innocent, and they constantly picked on Gu Xiaocong for going against the fake young lady.

Gu Xiaocong finally broke down from the torture day after day, and she ended her life by jumping off the balcony. To her surprise, she transmigrated to the ancient past. She relied on her own capabilities to transform from an ordinary citizen to an empress. That place was like home to her. 

However, to her surprise, she reincarnated in her original world one day. Gu Xiaocong decided to turn the tables by sending her adoptive parents to prison. She wanted to accomplish all her previous goals and make her biological parents regret their decision!

An Empress's Return to the Present: The Real Young Lady's Strong Comeback

Everyone in the village knew Gu Cheng's personality. They were afraid that Gu Cheng would completely cling onto them after taking care of him for too long, so they kept urging Ji Yao and the court to have someone to take over responsibility of Gu Cheng.

Ji Yao was annoyed by the people in the village and the court and finally agreed to accept Gu Cheng's custody.

However, no one expected that on the second day after Ji Yao took over Gu Cheng, Gu Cheng would be sent away by her, and to a childless couple at that.

Everyone could tell what Ji Yao was up to, but Ji Yao did not accept any money from that family. She only said that she had placed him in her friend's house, so others could not do anything to Ji Yao.

Hence, the matter with the Gu family came to an end when Gu Yong and his wife were sent to prison and Gu Cheng was sent to someone else.

Before Gu Xiao left, she went to see Ji Yao, or rather, she met her by accident.

Meeting