Modern historian Lin Qingyi transmigrates into Empresses in the Palace as An Lingrong, a woman destined to die tragically. Starting with neither the emperor's favor nor any defense against bullying, she conceals her sharp edge beneath a meek exterior and carefully advances with intelligence and resolve. Beneath the Forbidden City's surface, undercurrents surge. The imperial consorts vie openly and covertly, court intrigue reaches into the inner palace, and even Yongzheng's admiration and suspicion keep her walking on thin ice. From cleverly catching the emperor's eye during the selection, to forming an alliance with Zhen Huan and protecting their friendship, to discovering the empress's secret and nearly losing her life, she struggles to survive amid the maelstrom of power. On one side is her helplessness when her dear friend Meizhuang suffers a miscarriage; on the other is her dangerous, on-again, off-again intimacy with Yongzheng. Can she escape the tragic fate laid out for her from the start? When she finally holds power, loneliness still shadows her. Whose fate will her choices rewrite?
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.
