This Dowager Empress Only Wants to Escape the Harem of Doom

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When Lin Wan woke up, she found that she had gone from being the daughter of a minor official to the empress dowager, becoming the envy of everyone.

The young emperor who had just ascended the throne had been raised by her, and all four regents were in love with her.

They said the chancellor loved her so much that he defied all conventions and had her smuggled out of the palace, just so they could be together forever.

Everyone envied her for having the virtuous prince as an ally, who loyally helped her raise her nephew without complaint.

The Imperial Preceptor had eyes only for her. He traveled far and wide in search of a cure for her illness.

The general loved her so much that he went to guard the frontier in the harshest regions.

But that was only what she remembered. Reality was completely different!

What kind of lovesick fool was the person who had possessed her?

After finally escaping the chancellor's villa, Lin Wan used the System to open a bank, build up her power, and make friends in the martial world. Before she knew it, she and one of her business partners had fallen for each other.

Become a wife through marriage, or a concubine by eloping. So what was she supposed to be without a title or status? Bigamy was illegal in ancient times, too!

Lin Wan had no choice but to ask her beloved to wait while she settled things with her ex. Then she would come to marry him in grand style, with a dowry that stretched down ten miles of streets.

But after returning to the palace, Lin Wan discovered that the empress dowager didn't get the final say in everything. The young emperor often brought his elders from the imperial clan to visit her, while the regents kept trying to sneak into her bedchamber. It was utterly exhausting!

She had planned to use her longing for the late emperor as an excuse to hide away in the imperial mausoleum. But strange noises often came from inside the tomb, and the late emperor, who had died years ago, was actually still alive!

As it happened, the late emperor had exactly the same face as the man she loved.

Late Emperor: "Let me explain! I didn't mean to deceive you!"

System Forum

Question: As a career-minded woman with a triple education in ancient, modern, and future times, what should I do if my husband is the late emperor?

Answer: Thanks for asking. If he's the person I love, then I have to protect him! While building my career, I'll help my husband strengthen the country and establish a constitutional monarchy. We can modernize as soon as possible.

1. The male lead is eight years older than the female lead, who is in her prime.

2. The young emperor and the male lead are not blood relatives.

3. Neither has had a previous relationship.

New story blurb:

When Shi Jing opened her eyes, she had transmigrated into a beauty forced to enter the palace.

A powerless beauty was like a tempting cake, and anyone could take a bite. If she wanted power, she had to trade in favors of a sexual nature.

Shi Jing, the lazy one, sat bolt upright: "Let's assassinate the emperor! I'm done putting up with this!"

Ding~ Password accepted. Welcome to the Demon Consort System.

Shi Jing became Consort Li, one of the three highest-ranking consorts. On one side were consorts with tragic pasts, on the other was the empress's hostility, and the court was warning everyone about the demon consort.

No problem. She could use the Demon Consort System to assign sub-systems to the concubines and draw on her unique skills in palace-based immortal cultivation and infrastructure building.

Tyrant: "It's better over at Consort Li's place. The beauties are creative, there's less trouble, and they even help me think of ways to deal with those fools at court."

Three thousand beauties who relied on Shi Jing: The literary path devours souls! Algorithms become sword arts! Buddhist chants become talismans! Mechanics master every craft! Dosages refine pills! Hybridization creates chaos!

One little trick each day to communicate with the court and overthrow the emperor.

Shi Jing: "Becoming emperor? That's thinking too small! If we're doing this, let's overthrow the feudal system and build a communist cultivation society!"

The common people: "The emperor's gone? Women are in charge? What does that have to do with us? Our fields produce more crops, our children learn immortal arts, and we can even play a casual online game in our spare time. Life is better than heaven!"

The dragon prince male lead, who had descended to the mortal world to undergo a tribulation: "You live even better than the true immortals in the cultivation world! I feel like a fake immortal!"

She'd planned to hasten the country's collapse, but ended up becoming the demon consort who held the emperor captive with her charms. Who could have guessed the empire would be revived by the imperial harem?

A little scene

Male lead: "It's been three years. Has my wife managed to bring down the country?"

System: "No. Your wife launched a revolution and seized power. She's about to invade the cultivation world."

Obsessive, amoral male lead x socially anxious, naturally devious female lead

Theme: Love is meeting the right person, striving together, and becoming a better version of yourself.