Summary
Cloud Veil: Painting Beyond the Sky
She was once the most honored woman under heaven — the Empress.
It was the position she had sacrificed everything for — her morals, her family, her soul.
But power built on ruin doesn’t last.
After dying a miserable death, Seong-un opens her eyes again — seven years in the past, right at the moment when she first swore to become Empress.
“Alright. First things first — let’s save my family.”
This time, she’s going to live differently. No more dying for ambition.
She plans to stay far, far away from the people who had a hand in her death.
If only life would make it that easy.
“If you’re avoiding me for that reason, then why did you take off my clothes?”
A prince suffering from madness becomes obsessed with her after she discovers his secret.
“You’re strange, my lady. That’s what makes you special.”
Her brother’s cold-hearted friend suddenly confesses that he’s liked her since childhood.
“We saved each other’s lives — doesn’t that make you my reason to live?”
And a mysterious man who calls himself her savior can’t seem to stop flirting with her.
The real problem?
Every single one of them was somehow involved in her death.
Once she realizes that, there’s only one choice left.
“I’d rather die single than marry my enemies. I’ve got better things to do.”
No matter what they say, she’s sticking to her plan — she’s got a mountain of wrongs to set right.
But the more she changes her fate, the more everyone else’s destiny starts to twist too.
Maybe I should’ve just tried being nice.
Looks like her second life won’t be any easier than the first.
