I Became an Old Maidservant in the Prince's Manor, and I Just Want to Survive

[Transmigrate into a Book + Cold-Hearted Male Lead + Growth-Oriented Heroine] 1v1, stand-in, one true love, manipulation, seduction, and backlash

All it took was a dream for Shangguan Chichi to transmigrate into the book Rivers and Mountains in Fury, where she became an older palace maid destined to die as a minor character, assigned to Prince Jing, Gu Zhao.

Because the original host looked somewhat like Prince Jing's one true love, Song Zhirou, the Empress Dowager selected her as a maid who could initiate him into the ways of the bedchamber and gave her to him. Unfortunately, Prince Jing never went near women. His heart belonged only to his beloved.

She planned to keep her head down and stay alive until fate took pity on her and sent her back to her own world. Who could have guessed that Prince Jing would suddenly grow fond of her, spend every night with her, take her to see the New Year's fireworks, and promise to spend every year with her?

In the blink of an eye, she realized those vows were just an act. She was nothing but a stepping stone in his struggle for power and a means to win back his beloved.

After she tried to end her life by dashing her head against a pillar, she was rescued. Three months later, she awoke with a hideous scar on her forehead. By then, he had already married his beloved and was just one step away from the throne.

So she decided to use every trick she had: acting pitiful and fragile, drawing him in only to push him away, speaking to him sweetly, and letting her slender waist show beneath sheer gauze, all while hiding her hazy feelings of love in one passionate encounter after another...