No one in the capital can help envying the Su family for having such a wonderful daughter. Though only a concubine-born daughter, she alone wins the emperor's favor, rising in just a few years from a Seventh-Rank Junior Attendant to empress, the mother of the realm. Yet no one knows how many thorns lie along this road to glory.
Forced to enter the palace in another woman's place, Su Yuxian has no desire to fight for favor. She only wants to find a powerful patron and keep her head down in the harem until she dies of old age. But the harem is a place that devours people. Without the emperor's favor, she cannot save her personal maid from being tortured to death by the Noble Consort, nor can she save the man she loves from being framed and thrown in prison.
Only then does Su Yuxian realize that human lives in the harem are as insignificant as ants, and that the emperor's favor is the only weapon that can protect her.
To Xiao Xun, the consorts of the three palaces and six courtyards are nothing more than tools for balancing the court and producing heirs. When he likes one, he favors her a little more; when he doesn't, he casts her aside. That is, until he meets Su Yuxian during the palace selection.
He eagerly brings her into the harem and showers her with incomparable favor. Unfortunately, she refuses to obey. She actually wants to avoid his attention. In that case, he will make her understand what life is like for a consort without his favor.
When she kneels before him again amid the rain on a stormy night, he knows he has won. From that day on, he gives her all his favor: power, rank, even the position of empress. But he knows that the person she loves has never been him.
At death's door, he takes her hand. “Xian'er, will you die with me?”
After those words, silence fills the hall. Just as he thinks she will not answer, he hears her say yes in the final second before he loses consciousness.
It's a pity. I think the heroine is better with the second male lead. It's a bit aggrieved in the palace. The emperor is not the only favorite.
Just, let's abuse it first, lose a few important people and start to take revenge, but it's a bit funny 🤦
It's pretty good, I almost skipped it because of the cover.