Shen Qingci is reborn and discovers she is the useless, doomed empress in a palace intrigue novel, destined to die miserably in the Cold Palace.
The good news is that she’s bound to a “Palace Intrigue Script Correction System” that lets her foresee the plot.
The bad news is that her System tasks aren’t about winning the emperor’s favor. She has to escape her predetermined fate and rewrite the story at every turn.
So while all the consorts are busy competing to outshine one another...
Shen Qingci uses modern statistical methods to audit the books and expose the Empress Dowager’s trusted aide. She uses basic chemistry to solve a poisoning case and turn the tables.
And while the original heroine holds the complete script, waiting for Shen Qingci to walk into her trap...
Shen Qingci scans an imperial jade pendant with her System and smiles at the inscrutable emperor.
“Your Majesty, did you know this ‘ancient jade from the previous dynasty’ got its color from being soaked in lye just three months ago?”
All she wanted was to be an unobtrusive bug in the harem, keep her achievements to herself, and survive in peace.
Yet the emperor’s gaze grows more probing by the day.
“My empress seems to know far more than anyone else in this palace...”
[You think I’m on the fifth floor, but I’m already in the stratosphere]
[A technically minded heroine X an emperor who’s sweet on the surface but ruthless underneath, playing the high-stakes game in a deadly script where everyone has a role]
