How to Become the Empress

Zheng Caier, a concubine-born daughter of the Marquis’s household, enters the palace selection alongside her elder sister, Zheng Rou, the legitimate daughter.

When her sister’s clothes get wet, she forces Zheng Caier to swap outfits with her. But the peony pattern on the clothes turns out to be taboo for the Empress, and Zheng Caier is sent to the laundry bureau.

Zheng Caier endures and schemes, then seizes the opportunity presented by the emperor losing a jade pendant to turn her fortunes around and enter Wenhua Hall to attend the emperor.

In the perilous inner palace, she advances with steady steps.

From lowly laundry maid to a woman who turns the tables and wins over the emperor at every turn, Zheng Caier ultimately ascends to the Empress’s throne and becomes the mother of the realm!