A Lowly Palace Maid Wins the Emperor's Heart, Bears His Heirs, and Claims the Empress's Throne

[Palace maids climbing the ranks and palace intrigue + The leads are not both faithful early on + Exclusive devotion later + Clear-headed, loveless heroine + Multiple births] Jiang Wanyue watched with her own eyes as her dear friend, whom she had grown close to, was sent to the eunuchs and died a gruesome death! Could anyone really overlook her face, which she could hardly hide? She had to rise in the world, make use of the emperor, and wield power. Consort Zhou wouldn't spare her, so why shouldn't she climb higher? Either way, she was going to die, so she might as well die for something! A life that took her from palace maid to imperial consort, then empress, and finally empress dowager.