I Became a Cannon Fodder, So I Won Everyone's Affection and Became the Group's Darling

[Making an empress + strong female lead + no romance + laying the groundwork and building a power base in advance]

Cui Jinzhao transmigrated into a harem novel aimed at male readers and became a disposable background character.

In the original story, she was raised under the Empress's care, fighting dogs for food and begging eunuchs for scraps. The male lead later showed her a little kindness, turning her into his loyal dog. She helped him reclaim his identity as a prince and fight for the throne. After he became emperor, he filled his harem with every beauty he could find, then kicked her aside. The women in his harem tortured her to death.

Cui Jinzhao knew that following the original plot would only lead to her death.

The male lead wouldn't transmigrate into this world for another ten years. She decided to change her fate, so this time she promptly latched onto the Noble Consort at a palace banquet.

Wait, was there something wrong with the Noble Consort's favorability? Why was she so easy to win over?

Noble Consort Yin: I'm unable to have children. This child is a gift from Heaven.

Her uncle, Yin Sheng: Let me see. Whose little Wu Zetian is this?

An orphan, Cui Jinzhao had never known love before. Now she found it with Noble Consort Yin and her uncle, and she decided to turn their fates around. The most important person in that plan was Emperor Gaojing.

So she set off on her little legs and began the long journey of winning favor throughout the palace.

Forget the male lead and the villains. She was going to set everything right and make her imperial mother the one and only strong female lead in this story!