The Palace Maid Becomes The Head of All Six Palace

★ Upcoming: A Palace Maid's Guide to Rising Through the Ranks, The Beloved Consort

In the second year of Chenghe, new palace entrants arrived.

Ruan Yun had been a maid in the flower house. With her cloud-like black hair and porcelain-white skin, she was chosen by Lady Yuhu to help secure the emperor's favor.

Though she had no desire to get caught up in the harem's power struggles, those above her relentlessly closed in. To protect herself, Ruan Yun deliberately turned her attention to the emperor on his lofty throne.

As the imperial procession passed along the palace road, everyone bowed and paid their respects. Only Ruan Yun lifted her lovely eyes, their almond-shaped depths shimmering and drawing a second glance from the emperor.

Late at night, Ruan Yun knelt at the emperor's feet of her own accord. Her jade-like fingers presented him with a cup of hot tea, while she used the opportunity to hook them around his belt.

If she had to fight for power, then the only place she wanted was at the top. She would never let herself fade away in the harem.

From a lowly palace maid to an imperial consort in five leaps, Ruan Yun inspired envy and resentment in countless people. They all waited for her to fall from her lofty position, but in the end, she was adorned in splendid brocade and stood above them all.

Everyone said Ruan Yun was deeply calculating and had betrayed her former mistress. When she heard such things, she merely smiled calmly.

In this harem, right and wrong had never been what mattered.

After all, the emperor's favor belonged to her alone.

P.S. The male lead is not a virgin. A palace-intrigue novel.

Upcoming: The Beloved Consort

The Shunchang Marquis's household was steadily declining. To preserve her family's glory, Ji Fuqing entered the palace through the imperial selection and became Lady Ji.

The newly arrived consorts resorted to all manner of schemes to compete for the emperor's favor, but Ji Fuqing simply stayed quietly in her chambers, plucking the strings of her ancient zither with her jade-like fingers, day after day.

Then one day, Ning Zhaoyuan happened to hear the sound of a zither. His arrival startled the player. With eyes brimming like spring waters, she clutched her instrument and hurried away.

That night, Ning Zhaoyuan summoned Ji Fuqing to his bed. He had assumed she was just like everyone else in the harem, but the more he tasted of her, the more he craved her. He could no longer forget her.

Amid the harem's intrigue and deceit, Ji Fuqing alone stayed clear of disputes. She was the emperor's most beloved consort.

Everyone said Ji Fuqing was delicate and charming, yet she had managed to outshine the noble consort who had long enjoyed the emperor's favor. The new arrivals often tried to imitate her, but not one of them succeeded.

When Ji Fuqing heard this, she merely smiled calmly. Beneath every frown and smile, every flash of joy or anger, lay her scheming and ruthlessness. It was not that later arrivals could surpass their predecessors. She simply had not appeared yet.

Theme: Work hard, and what you want will surely be yours.