After Discovering the Villain Was Disguised as a Man [Book Transmigration]

Tan Yuwei stayed up all night reading and died suddenly. That very night, she transmigrated into the melodramatic novel she had just finished, becoming the cannon-fodder empress in the villainous emperor's harem.

In the novel, the villainous emperor loved the heroine but could never have her, and gave his life to protect her. Tan Yuwei had cried her eyes out when he died.

So, on her first night in the novel, Tan Yuwei climbed over a wall to see the villainous emperor...

And then she saw a body with curves in all the right places.

Tan Yuwei: I was absolutely terrified QAQ

Luckily, for some reason the villainous emperor let her go. He only told her to protect this body and keep her gender a secret.

The next month, Tan Yuwei, entrusted with this "important mission," was "pregnant." At first, the villainous emperor let her do as she pleased. It was a convenient way to keep the court quiet, too.

But when he saw her belly growing bigger by the day, he stared at her with exasperation. "You're still not getting rid of it. Are you planning to have the baby?"

Tan Yuwei gazed lovingly at her belly, and the pillow inside it. "I've gotten attached. Let me play with it for a couple more days~"

1.

Tan Yuwei was a night owl. Even after arriving in ancient times, she quickly adjusted to staying up at night and sleeping during the day. Soon, everyone noticed that the lights were on in Fengyi Palace every night, but no one came out during the day.

They suspected the palace was haunted.

To calm the panicking harem, Xi Yuzhou decided to drag the empress out of bed himself during the day.

Tan Yuwei clutched her quilt and refused to get up. "I'm sleepy!!!"

Xi Yuzhou tugged at her. "Who's fault is it that you don't sleep at night? Go outside for a lap, let everyone see you're alive, then come back to bed."

Tan Yuwei pulled a set of women's clothes out of the wardrobe. "Please, take my place."

Then she passed out.

Xi Yuzhou: "..."

2.

Tan Yuwei had once dreamed of becoming an idol, but in ancient times, women couldn't show their faces in public.

Still, where there's a will, there's a way.

She started holding concerts in the harem.

"Turn up the lights!"

"Let me hear you clap!"

The long-suffering palace attendants complained to the emperor, and the equally long-suffering emperor slammed his hand on the table. "Do you even know what a curfew is?!"

Tan Yuwei widened her eyes. "You're yelling at me! You really are yelling at me?!"

Xi Yuzhou wondered if he had been too harsh and was just about to apologize when Tan Yuwei changed tack. "If you yell at me, I'll just walk away all soft and dejected."

Xi Yuzhou: "..."

[Reading Guide]

1. An empress with boundless energy who stays up at night and sleeps by day & an emperor who is constantly left speechless when plans go awry

2. Tan Yuwei x Xi Yuzhou

3. Note added 2026.5.9

Theme: Lighthearted comedy