The Tyrant Overhears My Thoughts and Goes on a Killing Spree, While I Lie Back and Win

[Mind reading + reverse mind reading + lighthearted comedy + misunderstandings + sweet romance + drama-queen heroine + lovestruck hero]

The story is set in an alternate-history world, so please don't associate it with any real dynasty!

Linglong accidentally transmigrates into the past and becomes a concubine to the emperor, but every day she has to make do with steamed buns and wild greens.

Just when she finally gets the chance to attend the emperor, she hears he's a tyrant who kills his concubines at the slightest provocation and supposedly has a particular... proclivity. Terrified, all she wants is to escape the palace.

Every day, she puts on a gentle, harmless act, carefully getting by under the tyrant's watchful eye while cursing him hundreds of times in her heart.

What she doesn't know is that the tyrant can read minds. His heart belongs to her alone, yet he hears her thoughts: “Heartless boss, you greedy exploiter. All you do is squeeze me dry every day. You can play with my feelings, but if you try to take my money, I'll fight you to the death.”

Unable to take it any longer, the tyrant pounces on her. She plays along, but all she can think about every day is escaping.

The tyrant looks up at the sky and sighs: “This is so hard. What can I do to keep her in the palace?!”