[Deep Palace: Reversed Perspective of a Character in the Illustrated Story]
The harem through the eyes of the NPC empress:
I am Yang Jinse. I was once the empress of this harem. After my younger sister, Yang Sinian, entered the palace through the selection, she rose swiftly through the ranks thanks to the emperor’s favor. But, amid one misunderstanding after another and the schemes of treacherous courtiers, she gradually came to stand against me. She made me lose the emperor’s favor and my power, then had me deposed. To protect myself and save my child, I ultimately became a madwoman in everyone’s eyes. She took my place as empress, had children of her own, and lived a life of glory.
Everyone thought I had lost. But they didn’t know that I was never mad. I simply spent twenty years watching this harem with a clear mind, disguised as a “mad consort.”
But my dear sister had basked in her triumph for too long, forgetting the old saying: while the mantis stalks the cicada, the oriole waits behind. I endured and lay low for over twenty years, all for the sake of justice...
I am determined to slay the dragon and devour the phoenix.
The writing is smooth, the story is ups and downs, and it's beautiful!
Written from the perspective of the loser NPC in Shuangwen Gongdou, it is relatively new in Tomato. The beginning of the flashback gives the story a sense of fate and desolation.
Nice! Worth seeing!