Winning a Lifetime of Favor with My Acting Skills

Shen Miao is a secret player.

By day, she's an elegant, lovely host. At night, she's the wildest girl in the clubs. She's kissed more men than she's used lipsticks.

She thought she could stay happy like this forever, until she became a concubine in Prince Jin's household.

Charcoal-grilled veal? No more, only tofu scraps!

The latest Chanel? Forget it, only a yellowed, threadbare padded jacket!

A luxurious mansion? Keep dreaming. One ramshackle house, take it or leave it!

Worst of all, she's only allowed one man! And she has to remain chaste!

As if!

Shen Miao gritted her teeth in secret. She decided to stick it out until she became empress dowager. Then she'd be the biggest player in the inner palace.

Blurb two:

Prince Jin has struggled to have children and has only one daughter. The whole realm is pressuring him to father more children.

The imperial physicians chase him around the city with medicine in hand, making him the laughingstock of the entire town.

Furious, he knocks the bowl away. No, no, no more children!

Then he meets a woman who says she's after his body, not a child! No more babies, he says. Perfect, she replies!

Later, he hears that woman say to a portrait of another man, "I really want to have his babies."

It takes Prince Jin a long time to learn that "having babies" means having children.

So one night, he pins the woman against the headboard. Breathless, she hears him ask, "I heard you want to have his babies?"

PS:

1. No angst or misery in this story, just sweet romance.

2. The heroine is focused on leveling up and improving her life (becoming a player is just a dream).

3. A love con artist X a hopeless romantic who reads too much into everything. Pretending turns into the real thing.

Theme: Stay positive and improve your life, no matter when or where.