In a Matriarchal World! The Pitiful Darling Turns the Tables and Becomes Empress

[Everyone’s Darling + Growth + Palace Intrigue + Political Scheming + Nontraditional Matriarchy]

It seems every imperial palace has a forgotten child. Zhao Heng is unlucky enough to start with her father consort sentenced to death. No one will forget her, but no one remembers her, either. As a little girl, she has to face the palace’s sickening malice. Her only goal is to grow up and get out as soon as possible. Being an ordinary commoner afterward would be just fine. So she spares no effort to please everyone. If she can humble herself until she’s ground into the dirt, she’ll be able to leave this den of horrors.

But why are the people around her looking at her with increasingly… unhinged eyes? Her mother-emperor’s favored consort pulls her into a rock garden and hugs her tightly, promising to make her emperor. When her arrogant fiancé learns she wants to call off their engagement, he stabs his mistress to death, then touches her face with bloodied hands and says it’s all for her own good. Twin brocade-clad guards corner her together and ask which of them she likes…

Turbulent court power struggles, ruthless harem rivalries, and thrilling adventures among the common folk: only by overcoming every hardship can she ascend the throne. Once she rules the world, how will she go on to achieve greatness?

#Every character is evil, kill, kill, kill#

#What do you do when everyone around you is crazy? Asking for a friend#

#The men stab each other in the back#

A new writer with a new story. Please go easy on me.