Reborn as the Fourth Imperial Consort, I Outworked the Nine Princes to Win More Favor

A burned-out office drone is reborn as the Fourth Consort, gets the workplace in order, and outworks the Nine Princes fighting over the throne.

Linlin, a workaholic who died of exhaustion after staying up all night, opens her eyes in the forty-first year of Kangxi’s reign as Ula-Nara, the future Fourth Consort, awaiting her wedding. Facing the icy face of the future Yongzheng Emperor, she blurts out, “My lord, have you set your KPIs?” Fourth Prince Yinzhen thinks, “My wife’s acting kind of strange!”

She sets performance reviews for the maids, and the matrons wail, “The consort has gone mad!”

She quietly makes a fortune investing in a glass factory, leaving the Fourth Prince staring in shock when he checks the books.

At the scene of the Crown Prince’s second deposition, she precisely hands over a “cheat sheet for staying alive.” The Fourth Prince sneaks into her chambers at night: “Who are you, really?”

Linlin’s ultimate goals are simple:

1. Reject the early-death fate laid out by history and live to ninety-nine.

2. Help her cold-faced husband win the succession through scientific methods, and outwork all those princes!

So, as the struggle among the Nine Princes reaches fever pitch:

The Eighth Prince forms a faction? Linlin slaps the table. “Report him for illegal fundraising!”

The Fourteenth Prince sends a dead hawk? Linlin pulls out medicine. “Quick, give His Majesty a heart-attack pill!”

The Fourth Prince stays up late working through documents? She brings him energy tea and gives a PowerPoint-style report. “My lord, here’s the KPI completion rate for the back courtyard this month…”

On the day Yinzhen ascends the throne, Linlin runs her fingers over the phoenix seal and sighs:

“So the secret to winning palace intrigue is treating the Forbidden City like a company and running it into the ground.”

The shining example of office drones becomes the Qing palace’s ultimate HR manager!

Reading Guide:

◆ A scheming workaholic Fourth Prince × a drama-loving office-drone consort

◆ Managing the harem with KPIs, getting rich through investments, and giving the Nine Princes fighting for the throne a guide to outrageous tactics

◆ A lighthearted, wacky political intrigue, and a Qing-dynasty survival story from the workplace