Jiang Xian, the ultimate workaholic at a major internet company, transmigrated.
Before transmigrating, she had just asked a doctor for help because of her anxiety: “I feel awful if I don’t work overtime for even one day. If I take a day off, I can’t breathe. What should I do?”
Her evil capitalist friend asked, “Is your illness contagious? Come hang around my company and hurry up and spread it!”
After transmigrating to a laid-back imperial harem where everyone had nothing to do, she was so bored she nearly went crazy! So without a second thought, she threw herself into the rat race.
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A certain Answer who wishes to remain anonymous: In November, when the snow fell hardest in the capital, Answer Jiang danced in the plum garden every single day! Good heavens, is it really necessary to work that hard? Competing for favor isn’t something those of us earning four taels a year need to worry about.
That same year, Answer Jiang became a Beauty, while I was still an Answer.
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Later, rumors spread that Noble Consort Jiang and her stepmother were on bad terms. After the stepmother had a son, she went to the palace to pay a visit. Her Ladyship the Noble Consort gave her a fifteen-character inscription in her own hand and had it hung over her cheap little brother’s bed: “There are 4,370 days left until the imperial examinations.”
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Jiang Xian is a professional at making sure the boss notices her.
Have you ever seen the imperial harem at three in the morning?
The palace consorts get up at five. She gets up at three.
While the palace consorts admire flowers and the moon, watch performances, and gossip, she practices dancing, singing, and playing the zither. She studies the big boss’s preferences, honing her skills while flattering him at the same time. Jiang Xian believes that if she keeps working this hard, the boss will surely think of her first when it’s time for a promotion and a raise.
The emperor has seen countless ways to compete for favor.
Yet Jiang Xian is the one he remembers above all:
This woman really loves me so much!
#NoEmptyPromises,IfYouLoveMePromoteMe#
#MyConsortOnlyWantsPromotionsAndRewards,SheDoesn’tCareAboutMeAtAll#
