A Concubine's Daily Life

Grandmother Wen was often worried that her granddaughter was too beautiful. She feared the girl would have a hard life. Didn't books always say that beauties die young? Wen Xi was worried too. For several nights in a row, she'd had the same nightmare. In it, her beauty attracted the attention of two princes, and in the end, the Empress Dowager had her executed with a cup of poisoned wine. After waking with a start, Wen Xi immediately decided to find someone powerful to cling to, someone with a stronger backing than the Empress Dowager, just in case. So she used every trick in the book and did whatever it took to cling to the emperor's favor, rising through the ranks all the way. The imperial consorts whispered: What a little vixen! (Thinking to themselves: I wish I could ask her how to win the emperor's favor!) (06-12) Theme: Pure love