I Became the Empress Dowager Without a Script

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On her way to drive her boss to the airport, Su Nian got into a car accident and transmigrated into the empress dowager of the current dynasty.

The female supporting character was too smart, so Su Nian had to assist the leads and help them get together.

In the original book... Wait, why was her script completely blank?!

Faced with a highly intelligent female supporting character whose identity was unknown, and the main characters,

Su Nian thought about it. Maybe she should just give up and coast. Being the empress dowager seemed pretty nice.

Unexpectedly, the useless System brought her boss, Shen Xiao, along too.

Looking at Shen Xiao kneeling at her feet, Su Nian’s smile grew increasingly wicked. “Little Shen, we haven’t seen each other in a few days, and you’ve really fallen off, haven’t you?”

Though the book is titled The Story of Consort Liang, the young emperor has only just taken the throne, and the selection of consorts hasn’t even begun. Who knows who Consort Liang will turn out to be?

With Shen Xiao keeping an eye on her, Su Nian has no choice but to remind the good-for-nothing young emperor every day to govern diligently and care for his people, and to wander through the palace and build relationships with the beauties, using her experience from reading countless books to figure out who the heroine is.

First attempt to guess the main characters: wrong.

Second attempt to guess the main characters: wrong.

...This plot seems to be getting more and more confusing.

The Empress Dowager Su’s Palace Gossip Corner

They say the late emperor was in love with the elder sister, so why did she die of depression?

They say the former empress dowager, Qilan, was a devout Buddhist and the kindest of people, so why was a woman once imprisoned in her chambers?

They say Prince Mingshan is a debauched wastrel, so why is his princess so devoted to him that she’s willing to let his illegitimate child join the family?

The stories in this palace are truly fascinating.

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Jiang Yan has worked diligently at acting for four years, yet she has never managed to make it past the lower ranks of the industry.

Newcomer Xue Leyi is late to work, zones out during recordings, and gets distracted in interviews. In just one month, he’s appeared on the trending list more times than she has in all her previous years combined.

Jiang Yan: Look down on him, use him.

Thanks to their variety-show personas, with a sociable beauty fanatic and a gorgeous social recluse, Jiang Yan finally became a regular on the trending lists.

From then on, advertising deals, magazine shoots, and other gigs came one after another, but they all came with one condition: the two of them had to appear together.

Jiang Yan has never forgotten her original goal. She’s pursuing a career as an accomplished actress. What’s the point of constantly playing up a ship?

She egged Xue Leyi on. “Xiao Xue, look at you. You’ve got the looks, and you’ve got the looks when it comes to acting, too. You’re at the perfect age to have fans who only care about your face and girlfriend fans. Why are you messing around like this?”

Xue Leyi smiled. “I am messing around. If I didn’t find you interesting, I’d have stopped ages ago.”

Jiang Yan initially thought Xue Leyi had come up with some crazy, scheming tea-obsessed persona out of nowhere, and played it pretty well. Later, she realized he was just being himself.

She couldn’t resist the handsome man’s one-of-a-kind, passionate affection. Jiang Yan fell for him, then crawled back out battered and bruised.

She was drinking with a friend who was heartbroken over a relationship. Her friend collapsed onto the table, drunk, and cried, “Yan Yan, if you knew there was lava at the bottom of the cliff, would you leap?”

Jiang Yan had only broken up a few days earlier herself. She smiled and shook her head. “What difference does it make if it’s lava or a field of flowers?”

If it’s a cliff, turn back right away.

A Weight-Loss Influencer’s Guide to Survival in Ancient Times

Yan Qing, a weight-loss influencer, transmigrated to the Li Dynasty, where being thin was considered beautiful.

Drawing on years of experience, she helped the palace consorts plan their meals. Even as a palace maid, she was going to be a “popular” one.

She was still dreaming of leaving the palace and becoming a rich woman when the Noble Consort kicked the bucket after eating her weight-loss meals.

Before the truth could be uncovered, the Noble Consort’s younger brother, Marquis Shunyuan, pressed a knife to her neck.

Xu Zhi touched her chin with the tip of the knife. “You have a choice. Would you prefer a cut on the left or the right?”

Yan Qing fainted in terror. When she woke up, the Noble Consort was standing before her again. It turned out she was tired of the palace’s cutthroat competition over body image, so she had faked her death to escape.

With the reward she received from the Noble Consort, Yan Qing opened a healthy-eating shop to help noblewomen manage their figures.

But Xu Zhi, the man who had terrified her, refused to leave.

The noblewomen all said that the former Noble Consort’s younger brother was a vicious man who had once scared a palace maid to death in front of the throne. With a man like that standing outside her shop, Yan Qing’s customers were cut in half.

Yan Qing asked the Noble Consort for help. The Noble Consort guessed that the Marquis of Shunyuan must have someone in mind among the noblewomen.

Yan Qing offered Xu Zhi some tea. “My lord, if there’s someone you like, perhaps I could give you some advice.”

“Oh? Then tell me, how should I court the woman I love?”

“First, you should give her gifts to show your affection. Next, compliment and praise her, and let her know you admire her. Finally, pick a suitable day to tell her how you feel.”

The following day, several large boxes of jewelry and treasures appeared outside Yan Qing’s shop.

Over the next few days, whenever the Marquis of Shunyuan saw her, he would stammer out a few awkward but sweet words.

On the day of the Qixi Festival, Yan Qing received an invitation from the marquis’s residence to go see the lanterns...

Yan Qing: Is that what I think it means?

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