Beaten to Death from the Start, I Turn the Tables with the Merit System and Become Empress

After she transmigrates into the body of a palace maid who is about to die, she fights her way out with a Merit System and becomes a legendary empress!

When Shen Qingli wakes, she has transmigrated into the lowest-ranking maid in the harem, and from the start it is like hell: the Noble Consort accuses her of theft, and she is dragged away to be beaten to death. At death's door, she activates the Harem Merit System, clears her name, and takes down the cruel servant who framed her. From then on, she embarks on a treacherous path through the palace intrigues.

From a tea-serving maid in the Palace of Heavenly Purity to a favorite before the emperor, she relies on modern knowledge and her System's abilities to navigate the dangers. The Noble Consort frames her for witchcraft? She turns the tables when all seems lost. Consort De sets a deadly trap? She gives birth in the Cold Palace and survives against all odds. Again and again, she narrowly escapes death amid conspiracies, rising from a lowly maid to the apple of the emperor's eye.

Xuan Ling once sent her to the Cold Palace out of suspicion, yet later risked his life to shield her from a falling beam in a fire. From mutual suspicion to entrusting each other with their lives, he eventually leaves the entire harem empty for her and vows, “The emperor and empress are one, in life and in death.”

When the empress dowager and ministers join forces to demand her downfall, she stands in the golden hall and asks sharply, “Have I done even one thing to wrong this realm?” A petition from the people reaches the emperor, and the Merit System is finally complete.

When the System offers her the option of returning to the modern world, she looks at the emperor begging her with red-rimmed eyes and cuts off her way home. From then on, she reigns over the realm at his side, sharing with him this vast land