The Palace Intrigue Heroine's Chief Aunt

Su Jinhe transmigrated, becoming the chief senior palace maid to the heroine of a palace-intrigue novel.

Her superior was currently just a low-ranking beauty, still naive and untouched by the darkness of the inner palace. She had yet to turn evil, fight the entire harem indiscriminately, get everyone around her killed, and overthrow the dragon throne to seize power.

Su Jinhe's heart tightened. She swore she would help Beauty Lin steer clear of palace intrigue. Could they just live quiet, uneventful lives together until the end?

As the person Beauty Lin trusted most, Su Jinhe didn't want to be the first person by her side to push her into becoming evil!

Su Jinhe: "My lady, there are bird droppings in the imperial garden today. You love staying clean, so let's not go."

Avoided Consort Shu's slap +1

Su Jinhe: "My lady, what's so interesting about that lake in the palace? I'll fetch some water for you, and we'll have a petal bath and a skincare massage. It'll be lovely!"

Avoided Beauty Yan's attempt to frame her by falling into the water +1

Su Jinhe: "My lady, what's so great about the emperor... I'll write you a story about the greatest scholar of all time and his romantic escapades. It'll make your heart race..."

Avoided becoming heartbroken over fighting for the emperor's favor +1!

Su Jinhe wiped away her sweat and sighed in relief. Her lady was still so well-behaved! The happy ending was in sight!

*

The young Prince Xie Buxuan was as imposing as deep waters and towering mountains, with the clear, handsome bearing of a bright moon. For years, he had ridden freely and sung as he pleased.

That year, he raced back to the capital, his face dark with concern.

He had awakened an inexplicable "Bullet Screen System" that let him see the "readers'" comments on this "palace-intrigue novel."

[Oh dear, the emperor is such an idiot. Consort Shu tricked him again. She's actually arrogant and tyrannical behind his back, and has caused a whole bunch of royal babies to be aborted. Her sweet and obedient act is all fake!]

Xie Buxuan froze. His elder brother's beloved, dignified Consort Shu?

[Beauty Yan is actually scheming and vicious. She jumped into the water herself to frame someone else. Heh.]

Xie Buxuan was stunned. The pitiful, aloof beauty his elder brother was always worrying over?!

As a devoted younger brother and loyal subject, he hurried back to warn his elder brother not to be deceived by wicked people!

Under his guidance, every prediction came true.

The emperor avoided the traps, saw through everything, and angrily punished the villains.

Afterward, Xie Buxuan turned his gaze toward Beauty Lin's palace.

[Our heroine is amazing! She can even fake being in love, fooling the old emperor into thinking he's found romance again, when really she's just waiting to overthrow the dragon throne and seize power!]

Xie Buxuan thought coldly that the moment she showed any signs of love, he would tell his elder brother to deal with her without hesitation.

Then the two of them watched as Beauty Lin was escorted away by her senior palace maid.

The woman coaxed her, saying, "What's so great about men? Today we're having lamb hotpot. Let's get the stove going!"

Beauty Lin replied brightly, "Okay! Jinhe is the best to me. I don't want the emperor. I want to spend my whole life with Jinhe!"

The emperor turned back, his gaze full of suspicion.

Xie Buxuan: "…"

For the first time, the bullet screen had failed.

*

To find out whether the two of them were pretending, Xie Buxuan repeatedly petitioned the emperor to bring Beauty Lin along on his travels.

The autumn hunt, a tour of Jiangnan, a journey beyond the frontier: he gave them every chance to put on a show.

That senior palace maid, Su Jinhe, kept a close watch on Beauty Lin, her vigilance rivaling the bite of a full-grown hunting dog.

She watched Xie Buxuan with utmost suspicion, as if she had thought of something.

She said warily, "Your Highness, our lady is your sister-in-law!"

Xie Buxuan: "…"

Can't you tell I'm keeping an eye on you?!

While she kept up her guard, Su Jinhe had no idea how the ending had turned out with Beauty Lin becoming a consort without a single hitch, while she became the chief senior palace maid, respected and feared by everyone in the palace.

And that young prince followed her around everywhere, day after day.

*

The two strategists never take the stage, but they fight wits behind the scenes.

CP: An all-around, expert dog-trainer of a senior palace maid × a sheepdog-like young prince who keeps tailing her

Beauty Lin is also her senior maid's little puppy (>u

Next up: Raising a Top Scholar After Returning to Ancient Times. Please add it to your favorites!

Blurb: Su Chunyu's husband brought home a little boy and asked her to raise him. He was the son of an old friend, a timid child with a pair of big eyes.

The boy's parents had both died, and as a dependent in someone else's home, he was especially quiet and well-behaved. He never asked her for help and instead busied himself with chores, sharing the burden of running the household.

During the years her husband was away studying for the exams, Su Chunyu and the boy depended on each other. In winter, they ate roast game he had caught; in summer, they enjoyed fresh river fish he had pulled from the water.

Watching him hang the laundry, Su Chunyu smiled and patted his head. "Cheng'er is such a good boy. Auntie has raised you well."

The half-grown boy dodged her hand. He was already a head taller than her, and though his ears reddened, he maintained a stern expression and scolded, "You're only five years older than me."

"We can call each other whatever we like. Auntie in public, big sister in private."

The boy was obedient, sensible, filial, and ambitious. He spoiled Su Chunyu into being lazy and greedy, and she lived a life full of good fortune.

Until the year her husband returned, when he called the boy by name: "Shen Shouzhuo."

Only then did Su Chunyu suddenly remember. Wait, huh? Isn't this Shen Shouzhuo from the book she saw before she transmigrated into it? The future top scorer who rose through the ranks to become chief grand secretary, changed the tides of an empire, and saved a collapsing dynasty, a powerful statesman whose name would go down in history?

In the book, he died devotedly after being implicated while protecting the heroine.

From then on, Su Chunyu looked at him with a mixture of bewilderment and concern, as though he were an idiot.

Even when he fell asleep under the eaves to escape the heat, she would say, "Cheng'er, you absolutely mustn't let love trouble you and fall for those young girls."

Young Shen Shouzhuo's ears turned faintly red. He turned his head away and said softly, "I know."

Theme: Cherish the beauty in your heart