She Entered the Palace as a Substitute and Used Her Wits to Slay Her Way Through

She entered the palace during the selection, taking the place of a palace maiden who died of illness, with a fake identity from the start. While the palace consorts competed for favor and fawned over the emperor, she stayed out of the fray and set just one ironclad rule. When someone drugged her, she used her wits to turn the tables. When someone framed her, she imitated their handwriting on the spot to prove her innocence. Everyone thought she was a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, until she forced the empress dowager to back down and made the noble consort kneel in submission. At last, the emperor panicked. “Who are you, really?” She smiled. She had no idea either. But the ending of this palace intrigue had been written from the very first day she entered the palace.