[Mind Reading + Feel-Good Revenge + Underdog Comeback + One-on-One, Both Devoted to Each Other: Sweet-and-Naive, Dark-Hearted Palace Maid vs. Brutal, Unhinged Emperor]
After transmigrating, Ling Shan becomes a sacrificial palace maid planted in the emperor’s chambers by the Empress Dowager, hoping to seduce him and climb into his bed.
First, there’s the deranged tyrant, who’ll draw his sword and kill at the slightest provocation.
Then there’s the Empress Dowager, threatening her with poison and ordering her to seduce the emperor, bear him a child, and then be killed.
In the middle of it all, she also has to deal with the Empress Dowager’s jealous niece, Consort Xian, whose persecution knows no bounds.
Ling Shan thinks she’s done for, but unexpectedly, she starts hearing the tyrant’s thoughts and avoids one deadly trap after another.
[The old witch actually sent me someone with good taste this time. Maybe I’ll chop off her head and use it as flower fertilizer!]
Ling Shan: ?
[Today’s sweet-and-sour fish is so salty it makes my nose sting. Are the imperial kitchen staff all pigs?]
Ling Shan silently pours him a cup of light tea…
[Is the new palace maid made of wood? She just stands there without moving. Doesn’t she know she’s supposed to throw herself at me if she wants to seduce me?]
Ling Shan shuffles over and throws herself at him…
Later, when assassins strike at Luoshui, Ling Shan hears the tyrant’s thoughts and takes an arrow for him, gambling her life for a chance at riches.
[She actually risked her life for me. She really does love me!]
…
Sweet and innocent on the surface, Ling Shan carefully plots behind the scenes, using her mind-reading ability to rise from lowly palace maid to noble consort.
Until one day, she discovers she can no longer hear the tyrant’s thoughts…
Why is nobody watching? It's really good, it's just a shame it's not finished yet!