The Empress Only Wants the Cold Palace, but the Tyrant Dotes on Her Night After Night

Jiang Suisui transmigrates into a book, becoming a low-ranking concubine in the Danning imperial harem, with no power or influence.

The women in the harem fight tooth and nail for favor, scheming against each other at every turn, while the emperor is a tyrant who could kill at any moment.

Having worked herself to death from overtime in her previous life, Jiang Suisui decides on the spot to lie flat: there's no way she's competing for the emperor's favor. She just wants to make a little mistake so the tyrant will strip her of her rank and send her straight to the Cold Palace, where she can collect a pension and grow old in peace.

A private room in the Cold Palace, with meals and lodging provided and no need to get up early to clock in? That's a retirement paradise fit for the immortals.

When Consort De poisons the imperial medicine and frames her, the other newcomers are terrified and beg for mercy. Jiang Suisui immediately kowtows and confesses: "Your Majesty, please see clearly. This concubine was clumsy and mishandled the imperial medicine. Please send me to the Cold Palace to reflect on my mistake!"

On the surface, she looks terrified. In her heart, she's laughing wildly: "Hurry up and drag me to the Cold Palace! Little Emperor, you don't know yet, do you? Consort De made that medicine herself. She put oleander in it, and she's carrying the illegitimate child of her cousin, the guard!"