After the Devoted Supporting Lady Awakens, She Quits Being a Concubine

[Transmigration into a Book + Palace Intrigue + Power Struggles + Clear-Eyed Heroine + Sweet on the Outside, Dark Within + Strong Female Lead] Shen Qingyue became the vicious, cruel, yet pitifully devoted villainess from a book. Desperate to marry the emperor she fell in love with at first sight, she threw all propriety aside, crying, throwing tantrums, and threatening to hang herself until her parents let her and her elder sister marry the same man. Her sister became his empress, while she was made a lowly consort.

But she had given her heart to the wrong man. The emperor neglected and oppressed her, humiliated her with his words, and even used her as a bargaining chip, offering her to a barbarian prince. Unable to bear the humiliation, she lost all hope and died by throwing herself against a wall.

Shen Qingyue, now transmigrated into the book, refuses to be anyone’s subordinate, not even an emperor’s.

The emperor looked at her with disgust. “Shen Qingyue, you even dared to harm the empress. You’re as vicious as a snake or scorpion, unfit to be called human.”

Shen Qingyue retorted, “Before blaming someone else, maybe take a look at your own problems.”

She blames others for everything she can, never herself.

No one gets to guilt-trip her into submission.

Even if she’s at fault, does that mean the other person is blameless?

To escape the palace she loathes, she uses every trick in the book, stirring up a bloody storm in the inner court...

Then she meets the Grand Tutor, a worthy opponent. Between them, there’s nothing but mutual use.

In that case, why not use each other for a lifetime...

The only thing that can hold her is her own willing heart. Anything that fails to hold her will only make her more reckless.