She was the most insignificant concubine-born daughter in the Yun family. She lived in fear under the rule of her father's principal wife, hoping only to make a good match and spend her life in harmony with her husband. If possible, she would bring her birth mother out of the Yun family and never again have to serve tea to the principal wife or wait on her hand and foot!
But fate had other plans. Her elder sister's health failed, leaving her unable to bear children. To secure the emperor's favor and preserve the family's glory, a daughter from the main branch had to enter the palace. Forced to part from the man she loved, she was left to face the merciless depths of the imperial palace.
From a lowly palace attendant to the empress who ruled the realm, and then to the empress dowager who governed from behind the curtain, she endured a bitter journey. She lost much, but she also gained much of what she had wished for, and had no regrets in the end.
This is the story of the legendary Empress Yun, the heroine of The Harem's Beauty in Chaos. Beautiful women abound, as do handsome men.
All the beautiful women are villains, and all the handsome men are backup love interests. The heroine's aura lets her crush everyone in her path! Wei Lan read the first few dozen chapters and couldn't bear to continue. It was so cringeworthy her toes curled. She skipped straight to the ending: the heroine killed the emperor, put the three-year-old prince on the throne, made her lover regent, and became the empress dowager ruling from behind the curtain. The two of them took control of the court and lived happily ever after, never doubting each other's love.
Wei Lan: ...
If only she'd known she would end up inside this book, she would have forced herself to finish it, no matter how cringeworthy it was. She regretted it so much she wanted to bang her head against a wall! Everyone in the harem except the heroine is evil, and all of them become stepping stones for her to level up. The identity she'd been given is that of a dancer in the Court of Music, as well as the first villainous cannon fodder character to appear in the novel. Wei Lan had only read the first twenty-five chapters. This character appears in Chapter Ten and dies in Chapter Thirteen. The reason she was written into the story was to warn the heroine how cruel the harem was, setting her on the path to compete for the emperor's favor and become the legendary Empress Yun.
Wei Lan: ...
She can't enter the emperor's harem, and she can't get her status revoked to leave the palace. So she'll join the late emperor's harem and become the emperor's stepmother! At least she'll stay alive!!!
It's good to lie flat. Giving up is great. Whoever wants to fight can go ahead, just don't disturb her retirement!
Theme: Stay kind, and do your part when it's time to help.
