The Entire Court Wants Me Dead

Mind-Reading Tyrant × Theatrical, Money-Grubbing, Useless Empress × Pig-Riding Prodigy

She transmigrates into a living hell from the start: the whole court demands the empress's dethronement, and the empress dowager sends her poisoned wine. Shen Zhi sobs on the surface: “Your Majesty, I have been wronged!” But inside, her thoughts are flying: [Just depose me already! Once I get my severance pay, I'll take the kid to the Western Regions and keep ten male models!]

Xiao Jingheng, the tyrant, had planned to execute this wicked empress, but then he unexpectedly discovered he could hear her thoughts. Everything suddenly took a turn:

The more viciously she curses him in her head, the more lavish his rewards become.

The more outrageous the inventions she makes in the Cold Palace (like a sunflower that broadcasts messages to everyone), the more doting he becomes.

Three years later, at a summit of the four kingdoms, the other nations' empresses are paragons of virtue, while the Great Zhou empress...

Shen Zhi: “Honey, that gold belt on the Emperor of Northern Yan looks really valuable. Can we steal it?”

Xiao Jingheng hands her a knife. “Go ahead. I'll keep watch.”

One day, Shen Nian rides the King of Wild Boars into the Golden Throne Hall. “Father! Mother says she's going to save up enough money to run away with me!” Xiao Jingheng sneers and tosses Shen Zhi the treasury keys. “Run away? My entire empire belongs to you. Where could you possibly go?”