I Enter the Palace and Become a Consort at Once! I Keep My Tyrant Brother-in-Law's Secret

[Court intrigue + the unattainable love becomes real + faux cousins + devoted favoritism + "substitute" + marrying the emperor]

A sweet, doting-on-her-big-brother drama queen vs. a brooding tyrant with a secret crush

Fourth year of the Ningyuan era.

Her beloved brother has fallen in battle, and her childhood sweetheart and fiance has been caught keeping a mistress and an illegitimate child.

All of the capital, Yongjing, is waiting to laugh at the Zhen Guo General's household.

"You grew up together. No matter how many women Ye keeps outside, none of them can threaten your position as his principal wife."

"Be the bigger person. That mistress and I will be grateful to you for the rest of our lives!"

The seemingly delicate heiress splashes hot tea right in the scoundrel's face and breaks off the engagement without a moment's hesitation.

"I don't take defective goods!"

Then Zhu Jinyu accepts the imperial decree summoning her to the palace for selection.

Her aunt is the Empress Dowager, her cousin is the emperor, and her recently fallen brother is a great hero mourned by the entire court!

Once she's in the palace, she'll become the most honored woman there. Nobody better try to mess with her!

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The inner palace is unfathomable. Old retainers from the emperor's days as a prince are already watching from positions of power, while the two empress dowagers vie for authority.

Everyone has their life hanging by a thread, terrified that one wrong step will be their last.

But this imperial cousin of the Zhu family slaps people when she's in a bad mood one day, and steps on the emperor's robes to stargaze the next.

She enjoys a love and favor reserved for her alone.

One concubine dares to ask Zhu Jinyu why she's so outrageous.

The woman in peach-pink palace robes smiles sweetly and teases the emperor by lifting his chin. "Because I know the tyrant's secret, one that could shake the entire court..."

The violent emperor pulls down his forehead band to cover her eyes, grips her slender, delicate waist, and suddenly tightens his hold.

"Then you had better keep those secrets safe for me..."