The Beautiful Noble Consort's Schemes Run Deep: Your Majesty, Don't Take Them Too Seriously

(Cover used with permission) [Palace intrigue + no lovesick heroine + transmigration + skilled acting + not a clean romance + heroine does not fall in love]

Deep devotion has never won a heart since ancient times. Only a good scheme can do that.

Shen Yao’s guide to surviving palace intrigue: Never become lovesick, and make the emperor lovesick instead.

For a palace consort, beauty is an advantage and youth is an asset, but the most important thing is knowing how to act.

A woman needs only a little wine to act well enough to make you cry.

Emperor Chu Chengzhan: All my other consorts fear me. Only Yaoyao treats me as her husband.

Chu Chengzhan: The other consorts want my favor for power. Only Yaoyao truly loves me. Good heavens, she loves me so much! I will never let her down.

After years of careful effort, Shen Yao finally succeeds in putting her son on the throne. Chu Chengzhan dismisses his harem, abdicates to become Retired Emperor, and happily prepares to travel the world with her. But Shen Yao tells him she never loved him.

Shen Yao: I’m done pretending.

Chu Chengzhan: !!! No, you lied to me! I don’t believe it!