Palace Intrigue? The Musk Pearl Wants to Lie Flat, but His Majesty Won't Let It

[Max-Level Expert Pretending to Be a Newbie vs. Reborn Emperor with Dragon Energy Seeking Revenge]

I am a red musk bead that has become a spirit, a living fossil of palace intrigue, and I've decided to give up and do nothing.

I never expected that on my very first day of doing nothing, I would be appointed as a favored consort.

What a joke. Play palace-intrigue games with this bunch of rookies? I could win with my eyes closed.

But something is off about this emperor.

Every night, he holds me and confides, "My beloved consort, I keep dreaming that my empire is falling, and you... are the only variable."

The alarm bells are ringing in my head. Has this emperor's dragon energy awakened, and is he reborn?

His burning gaze seems to say, "In this life, I've finally caught you."

So... what???!!! (Everyone looks completely bewildered.)