The Aspiring Court Lady’s Guide to Rising Through the Ranks

In the twenty-eighth year of Jingchun, Bai Yun Zhao, the illegitimate daughter of the provincial governor, was forced to enter the palace in her elder sister's place.

She had only one goal in life: to become the empress and win the emperor's favor. She swore that everyone who had bullied and humiliated her would regret it.

So she plotted at every turn, sparing no effort to remove every obstacle in her path to success, and soon had the emperor utterly besotted. Everyone thought Bai Yun Zhao was madly in love with him. Only Bai Yun Zhao knew it was all an act.

Once she'd seen the emperor off, she could choose any handsome man under heaven!