The Villains Join Forces to Sweep the Harem

After transmigrating, Duan Wenjin becomes the youngest daughter of a discarded consort. She lives in the cold palace with her almost-mad, pregnant mother, often going hungry and suffering assassination attempts every few days.

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Looking back, she sees the ruthless look in her mother's eyes, not yet fully concealed.

Two pairs of eyes, both hungry for power, meet. They hit it off immediately.

If you're going to live, live above everyone else. Better to be a villain than a nobody.

You want to stir up trouble? Great, let's do it together!

From then on, undercurrents swirl through the palace, and one storm follows another.

At first, the consorts paid no attention to Yang, the discarded consort in the cold palace, or the little princess.

They were disgraced. How could they ever make a comeback?

But not only did they make a comeback, they turned the seemingly peaceful imperial harem upside down.

That discarded consort, Yang, left the cold palace, played the fragile beauty to manipulate the emperor, and twisted right into wrong. The prince she bore was also devious and calculating, outwardly mild and humble but openly ambitious beneath the surface.

That Princess Wenjin who left the cold palace with her was even more remarkable.

They say she spoke at one, recited poetry at two, and read history at three: a rare prodigy.

And that's not all. She was downright uncanny.

One consort wanted to harm her, but before she could act, she herself suffered the whole package: poisoning, a fall, an arrow wound, and death. To the end, she never understood what had happened.

A young man in purple offered Duan Wenjin his heart. She furrowed her brows slightly, yet even her rejection was impossible to get angry at. A noble heir in fine clothes was also willing to submit to her and follow her devotedly, asking only that she look his way once in a while.

These nobles and legitimate sons of aristocratic clans all became pawns in her hands, obeying her every command willingly.

At first, Duan Wenjin worried: What if the mother and younger brother she got in this life were both genuinely good people? What would this villainess do then?

But it turned out her mother was a master at redirecting trouble and striking ruthlessly. Her younger brother was born ambitious, a devious smiling tiger who could trick eight brothers every time he went out. And Duan Wenjin had just set a trap of her own.

The three of them teamed up.

"Your methods are still a bit crude. You should do it like this."

"Instead of doing that, why not be more ruthless?"

"Not bad, not bad. You're almost as devious as I am."

Duan Wenjin thought there couldn't be a family more suited to each other than them.

They were snakes greedy for power and dogs yearning for honor, embracing one another in this palace where everyone schemed against everyone else.

They were cold-blooded, mad, and cunning. With sharp teeth, venom, the warmest hands, and the coldest hearts, they climbed to the top one step at a time.

1. The female lead will not become empress.

2. All three are unhinged, each with their own issues.

3. The power they gain will be distributed as circumstances dictate. If the younger brother tries to keep it all for himself, his sister and mother will smile as they team up to kill him. Yes, they're that cold-blooded.

4. The Noble Consort favors her daughter more.

5. The whole family craves power and keeps each other at arm's length, but they're also the people they trust most. They usually appear to have it all, but only family sees them at their worst. When one of them is in danger, they won't ask how the other is feeling, but they'll always save them.

Theme: When dealing with others, mutual respect is essential.