After Hearing the Tyrant's Thoughts, She Got Cheat Powers

[Male Lead Transmigrates + Mind Reading + Devoted Love + Lighthearted Palace Intrigue + Short to Medium Length]

Jiang Ruining was a newly arrived palace maid. After offending Noble Consort Gao, someone arranged for her to serve as the tyrant's personal maid.

The tyrant was mercurial, a monster who devoured people alive.

That very morning, he had skewered two officials like candied hawthorn sticks.

At noon, he had run through a palace maid and two eunuchs.

By evening, she had become his personal maid.

She thought she was doomed, but then things took an unexpected turn.

She could hear the tyrant's thoughts!

“I'm so sick of this. Who gets up at four in the morning to go to work? Is this a joke?”

Jiang Ruining was baffled.

“Honestly, which idiot wrote all this pointless nonsense? Ten thousand words, and only a hundred are useful. What a master of empty talk!”

Jiang Ruining remained baffled.

“Who's that new palace maid? Why's she standing there like a quail? Does she have no sense at all? She can't even pour me some tea.”

Jiang Ruining immediately went to pour tea. The tyrant's expression softened by exactly one pixel.

“What's wrong with the Empress Dowager? She keeps telling me to spread my favors around and show the harem some kindness. I'm not a stud horse! She nags me every day. If her brain's not working, she should get it treated!”

Jiang Ruining stopped the Empress Dowager's attendant from delivering a cup of Spring Drunk wine.

The tyrant's attitude eased, and spring returned to the harem.

The consorts were delighted and all tried their hardest to win his favor, but the tyrant only gave them a wicked smile.

Then he turned to Jiang Ruining. “There's a position for an empress open here. We can negotiate the salary.”

[Content warning: Everyone is a villain; there are no absolute good guys. The tyrant is the real deal, and is a little cruel at first, but later devotes himself to one person.]