The Concubine’s Daughter Won’t Be Buried Alive: My Fate Is Mine to Decide

[Forced to be a concubine + medical skills + unconventional doting ensemble + careful scheming]

Forced by her legitimate elder sister to accompany her as a dowry attendant, she becomes Prince Xuan of the Great Liang's concubine.

But Prince Xuan is gravely ill and close to death.

Her sister forces her to sleep with the prince, whose body is covered in foul-smelling sores, and bear his child, then take the child and escape. After the prince dies, she plans to have her buried with him.

To save herself, she cares for the prince day and night, washing him with her own hands. The miracle doctor her sister couldn't persuade, she goes to seek out herself. But the prince...

This is the story of a woman bound by fate who saves herself. Through careful plans, resistance, and tenderness, she experiences every facet of life and, step by step, through her own hard work and ingenuity, grows from a concubine everyone can bully into the most revered woman in the Great Liang Empire!

The story begins with domestic intrigue and later moves to palace intrigue. Everyone has their wits about them, so this isn't a mindless wish-fulfillment story. The supporting characters aren't stupid or evil without reason, and the leads know what they want rather than being blinded by love. Content warning: the leads aren't each other's firsts. After all, emperors are usually shameless scoundrels.