The Beloved Consort Is Hard to Handle: Why Is the Villainess So Charming?

[Palace intrigue escalates + rivalry between women + villainess + heroine who refuses to fall in love]

Su Yao was a concubine-born daughter, and her birth mother was an unfavored concubine.

Everyone told her to be cautious and yield to her legitimate elder sister in everything.

She suffered from cold and hunger, and her birth mother fell gravely ill.

Growing up in such circumstances, Su Yao knew that only by gaining power

could she avoid being bullied and ignored.

She climbed upward step by step, trampling over family, friends, rivals, and trusted allies.

Men? She had no use for them.

Money? It was just a necessary tool for getting things done.

When everyone is a pawn in the game,

who will be the ultimate winner?