Locked in a Cage: A C-List Supporting Actress Rises to Become the Empire's Phoenix

[Strong Female Lead + Mind Reading + Household Intrigue + Comeback + Modern Woman in Ancient Times + Plot Twists]

[One Couple x Sweet Daily Romance x Angsty Love x Two Strong Leads]

A peerlessly beautiful woman.

She shares a blood feud with the emperor, and the crown prince and the emperor are sworn enemies.

The crown prince originally meant to offer Linglong to the emperor as a gift.

So Linglong happily climbed into the emperor's bed herself.

It turns out that playing a minor supporting character for too long gets boring.

Linglong wants to put an astronomical price tag on herself at the center of power.

The highest bidder wins!

The crown prince says, "I'll buy every second of your life.

Even if you don't love me and I don't love you,

you can only be mine!"

Linglong was the illegitimate daughter of a fallen merchant family.

She was beautiful, but doomed to a tragic fate.

Just after turning sixteen, she was sold by her stepmother to work as a servant at an entertainment house.

A few days later, she fell into the courtyard pond and drowned.

Linglong, abandoned on a desolate shore, was possessed by the soul of a clever and capable princess from her previous life.

Leaving behind a wisp of her spirit, the princess brought her back to life against all odds.

A young master on a pleasure boat saw how stunning Linglong was,

and took her home to be his bed warmer.

There was naturally no place for a lowly girl like Linglong to be the female lead.

The princess from her previous life gritted her teeth and stamped her feet,

then poured out all her talent for winning hearts, scheming, business, and mind reading.

What does the female lead matter?

What does the supporting female character matter?

Linglong surpassed her predecessor, winning the heart of the empire's heir

and taking control of a business empire richer than a nation.

It turns out even a lowly weed can have a dazzling life!

A minor supporting character makes a comeback and becomes the empire's phoenix.

She opened her eyes. It wasn't a dream after all?

Linglong, carrying a hot-water flask, continued warming the handsome young master's bed...

Crown Prince Mu Yanci, just surrender obediently!

The story is only beginning, dear readers, so don't go anywhere!