[Palace intrigue + clear-headed, powerful female lead + outstanding female cast + all kinds of mysteries + tragic romance]
The results screen after winning the palace-intrigue MVP
The leads are not each other's first. Read on only if you're comfortable with that. The heroine has a lover throughout the story and does not love the emperor.
Everyone's secrets are waiting for you to uncover them…
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She had never been able to choose anything in her life.
Jiang Jinchu had no choice but to enter the palace as a concubine.
She never expected that, as soon as she arrived, schemes and accusations would rain down on her.
Fine, fine. None of you will let me live in peace? Then I'll not only compete for the emperor's favor, I'll make sure I'm the only one who has it.
The man left her. Did that mean she had to spend the rest of her life grieving? She was determined to set love aside and forge her own path to success.
But as everything gradually came to light, what was the truth?
Who was hiding in the shadows, and who stood in the open?
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[In the early part, the heroine focuses on palace intrigue]
The emperor becomes more and more hopelessly in love with her.
A newly arrived consort knelt at Li Chengyuan's feet and wept. “The powder Her Highness gave me was poisoned. I nearly had my face disfigured! Your Majesty must give me justice!”
“I didn't see it.”
“...The witnesses and evidence are right here, Your Majesty!”
“I didn't see it.”
Jiang Jinchu sprinkled the poisonous powder on the consort's face right in front of Li Chengyuan.
Li Chengyuan turned his back. “...I didn't see it. Take her away.”
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[In the later part, the heroine focuses on slaying the dragon]
The story mainly focuses on palace intrigue, and the heroine's romance plays only a small part
