The Empress Goes Viral After Reincarnating as a Useless Beauty

Gu Wanyin, the Empress of the Great Zhou dynasty, used an iron fist to quell the turmoil in the imperial court. Then, in a moment of carelessness, she transmigrated into an entertainment-industry novel as a minor actress in a supporting role.

The supporting actress is the heiress to the Gu Group, but no one in her family cares for her. They dote instead on the female lead, a fake heiress.

According to the original novel, the supporting actress struggles desperately to seize the family fortune, but is eventually kicked out, blacklisted by her company, and fades from the scene.

Gu Wanyin: It's just a company. What's the big deal? I once ruled the entire realm.

The original owner had signed up for a dating reality show, and the enormous cancellation fee left Gu Wanyin no choice but to participate.

While the other guests feasted, Gu Wanyin ate plain steamed buns for a whole week.

While the other guests enjoyed romantic evenings, Gu Wanyin splurged on a five-hundred-yuan phone.

While the other guests fought for screen time, Gu Wanyin stood off to the side memorizing her lines from the script.

When the show aired, the audience wasn't swept away by its manufactured romance. Instead, they were moved by how hard things were for Gu Wanyin.

1L: My god, Gu Wanyin is at least a fourth-tier celebrity. Why does she look even poorer than me?

2L: If everyone donates one cent to Sister Yin, she won't have to eat instant noodles every day and can afford to order takeout whenever she wants.

At an antiques appraisal event, Gu Wanyin smashed a gilt bronze vase worth thirty million yuan on the spot.

Her rival: Great. Now Gu Wanyin will be trapped working for that lousy company for the rest of her life.

Just as the crowd buzzed with excitement and debate, the leading expert in the appraisal world declared that the gilt bronze vase was indeed a fake.

The expert asked Gu Wanyin: This piece is so finely made that it could easily pass for the real thing. How did you know it was fake?

Gu Wanyin: Because... the real one was buried with me, in my tomb.

Later, Gu Wanyin won Best Actress for her superb performance.

Just as her fans were celebrating, someone dug up the acclaimed history book of the year, The Biography of Empress Zhaoming, which Gu Wanyin had written. Someone else found a video of her catching a criminal with her bare hands. Others uncovered her doctoral degree and the priceless cultural relics worth hundreds of millions of yuan that she had anonymously donated to the National Museum...

Fans: Sister Yin, how many more surprises are you hiding from me?

Haters: Is it too late to become a fan now?

Reader's guide:

1. The fake heiress is a fan of the female lead, and they get along very well. They won't fight over the family fortune.

2. The female lead's family will come to truly love and accept her later on.

Theme: Getting along harmoniously.