Bastard? This Palace's Twins Are Cherished in the Tyrant's Palm

[Alternate setting · Palace intrigue · Not an exclusive relationship · Doting emperor · Multiple pregnancies] [Flirtatious, scheming beauty heroine vs. cold, ruthless, calculating emperor; they use each other at first, then he falls head over heels] Hua Lianyi was born and raised in the entertainment quarter. She had seen all the world’s filth, and her own future seemed set in stone. Until the day her biological father came looking for her. From then on, Hua Lianyi’s fate changed. She was no longer an illegitimate child from the entertainment quarter, but a favored consort whom the emperor cherished in the palm of his hand! She had heard that her legitimate elder sister and the young marquis of the Pingyang Marquis household had known each other since childhood and fallen in love, and that her sister refused to become an imperial consort. So her biological father brought Hua Lianyi back and sent her into the palace to take her sister’s place as a consort, while also ensuring the Hua family’s continued prosperity. Hua Lianyi had stumbled through life as she grew up, and knew better than anyone that the only person she could rely on was herself. She played sweet and obedient, bent over backward to please, and coaxed the emperor around her little finger. Everyone said Hua Lianyi came from a lowly background and used underhanded tricks, but she never feared what people said. So what if she came from a lowly background? She was determined to rise above everyone! . The royal family is heartless, and emperors are fickle. The beauties in the imperial harem are simply a means for him to keep the court in check. Hua Lianyi is both his favored consort and his pawn, while she uses the emperor’s political power to claw her way up. They use one another and test one another. The emperor: A beauty’s bones, a gentle blade. Lianlian’s blade is the deadliest of all. Hua Lianyi never loses herself in the emperor’s favor. Her eyes are fixed only on power. Power tastes so sweet. How could a common woman like her possibly refuse it?