Song Zhilan stayed up playing First Consort for three days and reached a bad ending eighteen times. At her wit's end, she smashed her keyboard, and in the blink of an eye, she found herself inside the game as an abandoned consort in the Cold Palace.
Luckily, she got a golden finger: the game's System.
System: "As long as you complete your missions, I'll send you back to your original world."
Song Zhilan: "Thanks, but no. By the time I get back, my body's already been cremated."
After saving her progress, Song Zhilan reviewed her eighteen death endings, learned her lesson, and vowed to stay away from the scumbag emperor and live like a lazy fish.
An abandoned consort had practically nothing to eat or wear. Looking at the enormous Cold Palace, Song Zhilan was overjoyed.
They say every inch of land in Beijing is worth its weight in gold. Now this huge estate was all hers!
So she relied on the System to sign in for her daily allowance and lived a carefree life alone in the imperial palace.
She cleared land to farm in the Cold Palace, read storybooks, made shadow puppets, and talked the Cold Palace guards into having a barbecue.
But... Song Zhilan only wanted to live like a lazy fish, yet her rank kept rising until she became a consort.
On the night the imperial decree was announced, someone tied Song Zhilan up and tossed her into a pond.
Unable to swim, Song Zhilan decided to lie flat and wait to die, wondering when she'd last saved her progress.
Before she could figure it out, the scenery changed, and a richly dressed consort carried her to the edge of the pond.
The consort clicked her tongue, lifted Song Zhilan's chin, and asked coolly, "Tell me, do you know where the scumbag emperor's bedchamber is?"
Song Zhilan: "..."
Consort: "Never mind. You look kind of dumb. Don't be scared. Once I shoot him dead, you'll be free."
The consort wiped down the gleaming sniper rifle in her hands, rose lightly onto her toes, and quickly disappeared into the moonlight.
Song Zhilan: "???"
What! The! Hell! Is! This! Plot! Twist!
Hardcore grinding special agent x lazy-fish consort x checked-out emperor
Leans toward two female leads: the female lead is a lazy fish, the second female lead is ambitious, and the male lead is just a tool
Game guide:
1. A save file cannot be overwritten and can only be loaded once.
2. Highly open-ended: you can do business, become emperor, conquer all six kingdoms in one world, or bring ruin to the country and set your own destruction flag.
3. Virtual currency for the System shop can be earned by completing missions or signing in. No grinding or spending required, with loads of free rewards.
Emperor (starry-eyed): "Why don't you take the throne instead?"
Special agent: "Get lost!!!"
Emperor: "My beloved consort is yelling at me!"
Song Zhilan (used to it): "Good. She should."
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Theme: Women should be self-reliant