I'll Quit as The Empress

"I, Evelyn Palace, will step down as Empress. By choice." Bound by the rigid traditions of the imperial court and married to Fabian—a husband who was flawless in every regard yet entirely devoid of warmth—Evelyn reached her breaking point. She made the unprecedented decision to relinquish her crown willingly, seeking liberation from a life defined by duty and emotional distance. When she closed her eyes in solitude at the age of thirty, she expected nothing more than the quiet peace of freedom. Instead, she opened them to find herself inexplicably returned to her twenty-year-old body. Armed with the memories of her past life and the resolve to forge a different path, Evelyn embraces this second chance, holding onto the most precious person in her world as she pursues the independence she once sacrificed. Yet escaping the empire's gravity proves far more difficult than she anticipated. The ties she believed she had cleanly severed refuse to fade into history. As she navigates her renewed youth, the bond she thought was broken ignites once again, burning with an intensity that threatens to consume the very freedom she fought so hard to claim.