Beauty Simulator in a Chaotic Era

A little plug for my upcoming novel, After Binding to a Palace Intrigue Simulator. The blurb is at the end. Please add it to your reading list.

[Coercive Romance / Everyone Loves Her / (Pseudo) Simulator]

"Professor Li, who do you think was Emperor Xia Taizong's biological father? Chancellor Shen Yan'an or Grand Marshal Lu Lin?"

"Could I be on Team Empress and Emperor? Taizong's father was definitely Emperor Gaozu!"

Even in the twenty-first century, people still argued over who Taizong's father was, yet no one had ever questioned who his mother was.

It all began with a game.

One day, Zhu Qingyao opened a game called Life Simulator in a Chaotic Era.

She entered the game with all her points invested in beauty and the trait [Unparalleled Beauty].

[Your presence gave the character a happy childhood, unlocking the achievement "He Came Riding a Bamboo Horse, Circling the Bed with Green Plums".]

[Your brother, who has always depended on you, looks at you in an increasingly strange way.]

[You got engaged. Your fiance is the Heir of the Prince of Zhenbei. On your wedding night, you were abducted by the Left Wise King of Mobei, the second prince, unlocking the achievement "The Abducted Bride".]

[The Left Wise King of Mobei brought you back to the royal court of Mobei. At a palace banquet, the Chanyu of Mobei, the eldest prince, fell in love with you at first sight, unlocking the achievement "Brothers at Odds".]

As a player, you must always remember one principle: go wild.

Who cares about not coveting your friend's wife, a silent husband, or forbidden sister-in-law romances? Set them all up!

What does shamelessness mean? You're just a player. You wouldn't know~

Miss Player doesn't understand love. She just wants to complete the whole collection.

After too many love rivals faced off, Zhu Qingyao couldn't take it anymore. She was just about to exit the game and rest when, to her horror, she discovered...

Where was the logout button?

Wait, you're saying this isn't a game and I've transmigrated?

1. Let loose and have fun.

2. The heroine approaches things like a game early on and isn't bound by real-world morality.

3. Warning: a Mary Sue loved by everyone. No one can resist the heroine.

4. Set in a fictional world, unrelated to real history and inspired by no real people.

Upcoming novel: After Binding to a Palace Intrigue Simulator

[Simulator / Palace Intrigue / Lighthearted]

[The emperor discovers you having an affair with a guard. Enraged, he beats you to death.]

[The emperor discovers you meeting the chancellor in the western garden. Enraged, he throws you into the punishment chamber. You die of illness after the palace servants mistreat you.]

[The emperor discovers your affair with the Prince of Dongping. Enraged, he flies into a rage. The empress dowager hears the news and rushes over, then has you executed. You die.]

[The emperor discovers you carrying on with the Chief Attendant. Enraged, he has a fit and dies on the spot.]

[Unlocking the infamous scene: "The Case of the Fatal Cuckold".]

Honey, honey, say something! You can't just die like that!

I haven't become empress dowager yet. You can't die!

Wait, if you don't die, how am I supposed to become empress dowager?

But not now! At least wait until I'm empress before you die!

[You earned the achievements "Heartbreaker", "Cuckold Maker", and "God of Adultery".]

Zhu Yueying transmigrated, becoming the lowest-ranking beauty in the palace.

Unlike the undercurrents in the period dramas of her previous life, the rivalries in this palace were far more intense. Murder by poison and beatings to death were carried out openly, while secret poisoning and framing were commonplace.

Zhu Yueying fell silent.

She was terrible at reading people's expressions, and couldn't beat a game without looking up a walkthrough. Her best friend had even said she wouldn't survive three episodes in a palace intrigue drama.

She figured she was doomed.

Fortunately, there was a way out. Her golden finger had come online.

[Palace Intrigue Simulator bound successfully.]

[Do your best to survive to the end and become the last winner of the palace intrigues, ruling from behind the curtain as empress dowager.]

[Beauty Xie, who shares your palace, offers you a plate of osmanthus cakes. You choose:]

[A. Eat one. She probably wouldn't be so brazen as to poison me, right?]

[B. Don't eat. That's what they always do in palace intrigue dramas.]

[C. Flip the plate and cakes into her face. Who the hell do you think you are?]

Zhu Yueying thought it over. C was definitely out. A and B were both possible, so she decided to take a gamble.

-- Choose A

[The cakes were poisoned. You died on the spot.]

[You died.]

-- Choose B

[You chatted with Beauty Xie without touching the cakes.]

[Beauty Xie thinks you are deep and scheming, and that you will become a serious threat once you come into your own. She immediately goes to her older cousin, Lady Hua, and exaggerates what happened. Lady Hua flies into a rage and orders her servants to beat you to death in the palace.]

[You died.]

What is wrong with you?

I die whether I eat them or not?

Zhu Yueying got mad. She decided to fly into a little rage and chose C.

[You sweep the cakes into Beauty Xie's face and point at her, cursing her out. Beauty Xie is furious, but can't fight you without ruining her image, so she leaves in a huff.]

[Her maid tries to find Lady Hua and ask for support, but Beauty Xie stops her.]

[Beauty Xie thinks you're a brainless fool who acts without thinking, no threat to her and not worth reporting to her cousin. She can keep you around and use you instead.]

[You survived.]

What kind of lunacy is this?

Kill them. Kill them all.

-- Every concubine in the palace died by your hand, unlocking the ending "Poisonous Empress of Death".

-- You joined forces with eunuchs and officials from outside the palace, violently swept through the imperial palace, and put your young son on the throne, ruling from behind the curtain. You unlocked the ending "Dragon Slayer".

-- You used "virtue" and "kindness" to earn the trust of the consorts, the confidence of the officials, and the emperor's affection, quietly expanding your influence in your own way. You unlocked the ending "Wise Empress for All Time".

-- After you entered the palace, the emperor favored only you, spending every night in revelry and neglecting state affairs. Years of drought left the people destitute. Rebel forces soon stormed the palace, and amid cries of "Wicked Consort and Tyrant", you and the emperor both died, unlocking the ending "Bringing Disaster to the Nation and Its People".

Theme: Work hard and strive for success.