The Scheming Noble Consort's Road to Success

She was the orphaned daughter of a loyal official, yet was forced to call her enemy father. Entering the man-eating imperial harem as her foe's "adopted daughter," Shen Qingyi knows that within these vermilion palace walls, every step is a trap, and every smiling face may hide a blade. Beneath the empress's dignified facade lies a calculating mind; beneath the favored consort's dazzling beauty is a venomous heart. Countless eyes watch her, hoping to grind her into dust. But she is unafraid. She has come bearing the blood debt of her entire family, and she knows how to read people and wield power. Sisterly affection is a lie; every move is calculated. The emperor's favor is bait; the summit of power is her goal. From low-ranking concubine to favored consort, and then to ruling the empire, her path to glory is paved with her enemies' bones and blood. See how this scheming consort wins a lifetime of splendor in the nine-layered palace, captures the emperor's heart, and ultimately dances among the heavens!