I Accidentally Tortured the Tyrant into a Dog, and the Drama Queen Consort Keeps Trying to Escape

[Qing-dynasty transmigration + alternate history + harem intrigue + mind reading + sweet romance + court politics in the later arc] Yan Zhixi was studying a book of palace secrets and a golden hairpin when she fell asleep. When she woke, she had become a low-ranking palace woman. Being a palace maid was better than being one of the emperor’s consorts. Maids could leave the palace when they turned twenty-five, while consorts could die at any moment. So Yan Zhixi has no interest in winning the emperor’s favor. She only wants to escape the palace and live out her life in peace. Unexpectedly, the tyrant refuses to let her go and insists on doting on her. He even treats her escape attempts as flirtation and personally teaches her how to seize power, without fearing she might usurp the throne. Her outstanding beauty and lovely figure earn her plenty of jealousy. The empress looks down on her and fears the emperor’s affection for her. Though she smiles warmly in public, in private she makes sure Yan Zhixi cannot conceive an imperial heir. Consort Shu suppresses her at every turn and picks fights, secretly using every trick in the harem against her. Watch how she survives under the empress’s thumb and counters Consort Shu’s every move. Step by step, she rises to the position everyone in Changping envies…