Well, not really mysteriously her good "sister" bribed a servant to push her into the pond.

The ML is not really a womanizer but he is kind of an ass. At least at the beginning. Those who already read books by this author should have a general idea of the type of ML she writes about. He was already interested in her in his last life, he even proposed marriage, which she declined. For some reason he couldn't really forget her and kind of always kept an eye on her, sometimes protecting her (secretly) and sometimes cornering her and taunting to her about the empty and fake life she's living. In this life, he's also interested in her from the beginning.

They meet by accident (his carriage hurts her brother), he realizes she's a former noble he already meet and though to marry. Due to her changed status he directly coerces her to come to his manor as a servant. From there on their relationship begins. He is problematic at the beginning, there is no other way to say it. He's a person in power, a person who regards the life of others as less, or rather he feels like he can do what he wants. He wants her and he doesn't understands why she wouldn't want him. She actually gets away from him and he learns to respect her and treat her right.

He's also in a weird/dangerous situation, where hes a "King with a different surname" meaning although he has power and status, he is no descendant of the imperial family. In the eyes of others he's solely depending on the favor of the Emperor. But as soon as someone else becomes Emperor, his days won't be good...

He is the son of the emperor and his first love / true love, his cousin. ML's mother later remarried and the ML grew up, not knowing about his origins. As he finds out, he's deeply hurt and confused. The emperor doesn't necessarily wants him to be the crown prince, but he wants him to be a good prince and life a good, pampered life, therefore he indulges him.

She's a intelligent, talented and positive person. She learned a lot from her past life and leaves the bitterness behind, which I found inspiring. She has a great relationship with her family. The FL is bold but not overly so, willing to work hard and strife for her goals. Although the ML tries to corner her, she finds her way out, she indulges him at times (also because she likes to be physical with him), but she puts her foot down when it comes to things that cross her bottom-line. For example at some point the ML does something really bad

and she decisively leaves

There are several people who get the memories of their last live/ get reborn The FL, the former husband and the real daughter

blackmailed her into indentured servitude for pennies with an incident that he created to trap her and then kissed her while he was her employer twice without her consent. In a very almost public area. Pretty much not giving a f*ck about her reputation. So f*cking great. Just to clarify in case anyone wants to defend him in the future. Just because his bodyguard was the one who blackmailed her doesn't mean he is not of fault because he still had to nod for the bodyguard to be able to do that and be okay with that in the end. So his agreement with it is basically the same as doing it let's be f*cking real.

he emotionally guilted her And basically blackmailed her by saying "oh it's my bad that I had a misunderstanding and made you pay 5, 000 tassels but in order for me to properly give it back to you I need to give you a reward so you have to come cook for me for a banquet. Oh you're Right I should give you an extra thousand. Oh you don't want to? But your brother who borrowed money for you has all these loan debit people coming to his house all the time and his family is very unhappy with him I'm sure you wouldn't want that and then drops the money in front of her face not giving her an option okay see you later at the banquet bye bit*h you're mine you have no option I can't take no for an answer because I'm a prince and a guy and you're just a commoner bye"