The Max-Level Noble Consort Just Wants to Take It Easy, but the Tyrant Is Panicking

She only wanted to be a happy, idle consort, eating her fill and waiting to die. Instead, she was dragged into the intrigues of the imperial harem, kicking off a hilarious, satisfying daily life in which the cold-faced emperor constantly begged for her attention.

Shen Yunwei served as a concubine to the Fourth Prince, Xiao Jingyuan, for ten years.

Throughout those ten years, she had to guard against her family pressuring her to spy for them, dodge the countless open and hidden threats in his residence, and serve a cold, suspicious man bent on seizing the throne.

She wanted neither his favor nor a title. All she wanted was to live in peace with her three-year-old daughter, Tangtang.

She never expected Xiao Jingyuan to succeed in his coup and ascend the throne, only to appoint her Zhaoguifei, the highest-ranking consort below the empress!

Looking at the consorts around the palace, all eyeing her hungrily, Shen Yunwei immediately understood: this wasn’t a life of luxury. The emperor had shoved her out there to take the blows for him.

But as a high-ranking consort, she had money and free time, and palace servants to look after her daughter. As long as she played dumb and kept her head down, being a target wasn’t so bad.

But the more she tried to lie flat, the more trouble came looking for her. The harem was fighting for the emperor’s favor, her family was demanding power, and even the new emperor, who should have been busy with state affairs day and night, kept showing up at her palace every few days.

One night, Xiao Jingyuan cornered her beside the bed and demanded in a low voice, “You spent ten years by my side. Did you ever have even the slightest bit of genuine affection for me?”

Shen Yunwei put on her practiced fake smile. “Your Majesty belongs to all the people of the realm, and so do I. Naturally, I hold Your Majesty in the highest regard.”

Xiao Jingyuan stormed off in a fury.

Half an hour later, he came back through the window, still scowling. “Tangtang says she wants her father to sleep with her tonight.”

Shen Yunwei glanced at her sleeping daughter.

Great. Neither of these two knows how to behave.