After spending the family fortune to help the late emperor ascend the throne, the old matriarch died with regrets. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself a young woman from the Su family, selected for the imperial harem.
She thought she could start her life over this time, but the lecherous Crown Prince's heir took a liking to her at first sight and forcibly brought her into the Eastern Palace.
In this life, Su Wenyan has only two goals.
First, cling to the Crown Prince's heir and keep climbing the ranks.
Second, keep her secret identity hidden and encourage His Highness to work hard toward becoming Crown Prince, without letting him discover that she has seven or eight little stashes of money hidden away outside the palace.
The Crown Prince's heir also has two things on his mind.
First, make sure she never finds out that she is merely a stand-in for the woman he loves.
Second, listen to his beloved consort and work hard to climb the ranks. If he doesn't make something of himself, she might really leave him.
In the end, he became Crown Prince, and then emperor.
Why does his empress call him “Brother Erlang”?
Only then does he realize that he, too, is a stand-in!
Hey, this book is pretty good