The reborn Noble Consort Jiang took stock of her situation.
First, the good news:
In her previous life, she was the favored noble consort who reigned supreme over the Six Palaces. In Emperor Ying's harem, she was always the one the others envied. No woman could compete with her for his favor.
Now, the bad news:
Emperor Ying was a woman, and the court officials had put all the pressure to produce an heir on her...
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The stunningly beautiful young emperor thought her life was terribly hard.
As a woman who had transmigrated into a book, she had ended up as a puppet emperor in an angsty romance, disguised as a man and destined to be killed by the male lead. Her daily routine consisted of getting cheated on and enduring the endless attacks of a harem full of concubines desperate to win her favor.
The tyrannical Noble Consort Jiang also thought her life was terribly hard.
As the vicious supporting character who monopolized the emperor's favor in the novel, this was the third time that month that the empress dowager had hauled her in for a meeting.
The empress dowager's message was simple and clear: she was putting the noble consorts and beauties of the harem on notice. The weather was turning cold, and it was time to bear the emperor an heir.
The harem ladies who sat together and took the scolding could only smile bitterly. None dared say she had never received the emperor's favor, afraid the others would laugh at her.
Reborn Noble Consort Jiang knew the situation all too well. She also knew that the young emperor, driven to desperation, was plotting to find a guard to impersonate her, get the concubines to bear the guard's children, then kill the mothers and keep the babies...
Thinking of how her story ended, and then of her family, Noble Consort Jiang gritted her teeth and volunteered for the role. She wanted to bear the child while her family still held power, then, after the emperor's death, put her own son on the throne and contend with the prince of a different surname for power.
Unexpectedly, on that rainy autumn night, the guard who should have appeared in her bedchamber was replaced by someone else.
When the red cloth covering her eyes was removed, Noble Consort Jiang, thoroughly worn out, saw the unruly prince of a different surname.
The prince, younger than her, saw her eyes widen and smiled at her, twirling a lock of her hair around his finger. "I have feelings for Shanruo."
Noble Consort Jiang scoffed disdainfully, thinking, What do I care whether you like me? I don't like you. I'm a noble consort. It's not as if I'd bow to you just because you're handsome, powerful, and influential.
But he said, "So I wanted to ask you, Shanruo: would you rather be the consort of the deposed emperor, or the future empress?"
Noble Consort Jiang, who loved power above all: "Actually... I've had feelings for A Zhuo for a long time. Don't laugh at me, A Zhuo. From the moment I saw you in the hall that day, I carved your name into my heart."
"Oh? What did you call me?"
"Xiao Zhuo?"
"You may not recognize the name, but I'm called Xiao Hui."
"..."
Prince of a Different Surname x Villainous Noble Consort
An arrogant, unhinged villainous mastermind x a gorgeous, power-hungry, airheaded beauty
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