Your Majesty, So Alluring! I Fight My Way Through the Palace to Become Empress

Alternate Universe / A Young Lady's Steady Rise Through the Ranks / Palace Intrigue 101 / Unchaste Male Lead As a concubine's daughter, she followed the rules and kept herself in check, yet her stepmother and legitimate elder sister schemed against her, costing her both her chastity and her life. She was reborn on the very day the emperor announced the selection of consorts. Armed with all kinds of “pills” bestowed by “Heaven,” this time, she would enter the palace! Rise through the ranks! Hold power in her own hands! And make everyone who had hurt or bullied her suffer a terrible death! * △A seemingly innocent but secretly calculating, devoted emperor × a highly intelligent and ruthless consort Living beside an emperor is like living beside a tiger, so Wei Qingshu tread carefully at every step after entering the palace through the consort selection. She knew the emperor's deep affection for her came only because he mistook her for a substitute. So she played the role of Precious Consort Zhen's substitute, pleasing the emperor at every turn and using his favor to eliminate one thorn in her side after another. At last, she ascended to the throne and avenged herself. By then, Wei Qingshu had grown indifferent to power and wanted only to elope with the man she loved. But the humble emperor begged for her affection: “Don't go. I'll dismiss the entire harem for you.” Wei Qingshu deliberately changed the subject. “Smell this sachet, Your Majesty. Do you think the Prince Regent will like it?” Ji Yanli: “...” That very night, Ji Yanli, who was always even-tempered and mild-mannered, sent the Prince Regent to the frontier again, this time for another three to five years. . Only later did she learn that Ji Yanli had fallen in love with her at first sight the day they met at White Horse Temple. She had never been anyone else's substitute. As the emperor's beloved, she had always been able to do as she pleased in the palace. When she killed a consort, Ji Yanli found someone to take the blame and kept the truth hidden for her. When she fell into a trap, Ji Yanli deceived the empress dowager to get her out of it. Among the consorts were a transmigrator and a goddess. * Rankings [from lowest to highest]: Attendant → First-Class Attendant → Noble Lady → Concubine → Consort → Noble Consort → Imperial Noble Consort → Empress