The Empress Wins by Lying Through Her Teeth [Qing Transmigration]

Mu Yanqiao, a veteran of the Quick Transmigration Bureau, travels with a System to the Kangxi era and becomes Ma Jia, Consort Rong. Her mission is simple: all she has to do is survive until she is granted the title of Consort, then she can complete her mission and leave the world.

How easy was that? She could practically do it with her eyes closed.

So when the System asked whether she wanted to bind herself to it, Mu Yanqiao decisively refused.

Who could have guessed she had underestimated the dangers of the imperial harem? Forget becoming a Consort: she lost her life.

Reborn for a second time, Mu Yanqiao immediately bound herself to the System.

This time, she would make every person who had framed her in her previous life pay. Not one of them would get away.

But why was Kangxi looking at her more and more strangely?

Mu Yanqiao: System, don't you think Kang the Emperor has been acting really suspicious lately?

The System replied cautiously: [Host, I forgot to tell you. The skill has a side effect: it randomly reveals your inner thoughts to one passerby. So his behavior might have something to do with what you're thinking.]

Mu Yanqiao was horrified. You should have told me sooner! Does that mean Kangxi has seen all the nonsense in my head?!

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Kangxi had been troubled lately, because he kept hearing strange voices.

"I heard Prince Yuwang still keeps the little broken umbrella Kang the Emperor gave him. Could he have a crush on Kang the Emperor?"

"Tsk, tsk. The way Guard Nalan looks at Kang the Emperor is definitely not innocent. I wouldn't believe it if someone said nothing was going on between them."

"Kang the Emperor and Cao Yin hold hands so naturally. They must do it all the time in private."

As the things the voice said grew more and more outrageous, even the usually unflappable Kangxi couldn't help blushing.

He couldn't hold back his anger. "Can't you think something nice about Me for once?"

Mu Yanqiao, the person in question, shrugged. "Can't think of anything."

Theme: Be willing to try a different path