I Want to Fall Out of Favor, but I Can't

[Female lead's blurb]

Lin Huan transmigrates into a palace-intrigue novel as a low-ranking dresser. She knows she must seize her one and only chance to spend the night with the emperor. After that, she can naturally fall out of favor and keep her head down until the end, living out her days as a dowager consort with a child and no worries.

At first, everything goes smoothly. But then... Lin Huan makes the baffling discovery that losing the emperor's favor is actually incredibly difficult.

Someone skims her monthly allowance, but before long the Imperial Household Department sends her a huge amount of gold and silver, apologizing profusely.

She complains about the meager meals, and in the blink of an eye the Imperial Kitchen sends over a banquet of Manchu and Han dishes, afraid they might be late.

Holding the majestic, spirited tiger parrot in her arms, Lin Huan wonders: Has this story been changed way too much?

Parrot: →_→ Silly woman, it's because I can hear all your wishes.

[Male lead's blurb]

Emperor Yongxu, Chu Nan, overexerted himself during his coming-of-age night, leaving his soul and senses in disarray. Ever since, he occasionally transmigrates into a parrot and, quite uncontrollably, develops a little affection for its owner.

She's so pitiful. He'll just have to help her out. The parrot thinks, calm as can be.

So he grants her the wish every woman in the palace wants most: he pampers her to the skies.

Lin Huan, desperately seeking to lose the emperor's favor but failing: ...Well, thank you ever so much.

[Reader's guide]

1. This is not a serious palace-intrigue story. The setting is very loose, so please don't scrutinize the details.

2. A lazy dresser who only wants to keep her head down vs. a parrot emperor who can talk like a human. Both virgins, sweet romance.

Please wishlist my upcoming story, A Lazy Consort's Promotion Diary

The harem of the Great Zhou dynasty is full of talent, with transmigrators everywhere.

Confident Consort De: I have a pocket dimension.

Arrogant Consort Xian: I have a spirit spring.

Narcissistic Consort Shu: I have beauty pills.

But when asked about the newly appointed Imperial Noble Consort, the seemingly unremarkable woman who is next in line to become empress, all the consorts fall silent:

"She has children."

Xia Tong: "..."

As a lazy transmigrator with no golden finger, Xia Tong never imagined she would stand out among her colleagues, all of whom have extraordinary talents and cheat abilities. Not only does she become the emperor's sole favorite, she also bears all of Emperor Jianping's children, rising to glory and success at every turn. Is her life going a little too smoothly? Is it true that fortune favors fools?

Emperor Jianping, Liu Zhang, has had extraordinary hearing since childhood. From thunder and lightning to the buzzing of mosquitoes and insects, he hears everything a hundred times more clearly than ordinary people. He can even hear the noise in people's hearts, tormenting him until he meets Xia Tong, whose mind is entirely undistracted. From then on, everything changes.

At first, he only wants a quiet night's sleep, so he often stops by her palace.

Later

Liu Zhang: Want a reward?

Xia Tong: ...Oh.

Liu Zhang: Want a promotion?

Xia Tong: ...Sure.

Liu Zhang: Want a son?

Xia Tong: ...?!

A male lead plagued by insomnia vs. a female lead who is a walking sleeping pill.

Pure, sweet romance.

Theme: Love must be equal and steadfast, unchanged by status, family background, or appearance