After They Read My Mind, I Became the Beloved of the Palace Intrigue Novel's Cast

Ji Jinyou transmigrates into a melodramatic palace-intrigue novel as a three-year-old princess destined to be cannon fodder. She lives with her neglected birth mother in a remote palace.

In the book, the imperial consorts fight each other to the death, one after another. The princes either die or are left crippled. Not one of them comes out unscathed.

In the end, the throne goes to a treacherous, foolish member of the imperial clan, and before long, the enemy kingdom destroys the country.

The Ninth Princess and her mother are also poisoned to death at a palace banquet where the consorts are vying for power.

Ji Jinyou counts on her chubby little fingers. Oh no, she's got only three months left to live. Better to live badly than not at all, so she decides to fight for her survival.

But every time she tries to change the plot, she suddenly starts choking.

She risks nearly dying several times to warn the people involved, but no one pays attention to a three-year-old child.

Unable to change anything, Ji Jinyou decides to lie flat.

What she doesn't know is that everyone can suddenly hear her thoughts.

In the imperial garden, Consort Hui, spoiled by the emperor's favor, offends the empress, who punishes her by making her kneel in the rain.

Ji Jinyou: [Go ahead and kneel. You'll lose the baby and never be able to have another. His Majesty will lose faith in the empress and turn against the First Prince. Both sides will suffer.]

The empress and Consort Hui: "...?!"

Consort Hui puts a hand on her belly, deeply shaken. She immediately kowtows to the empress and sincerely apologizes.

The empress remembers that His Majesty just praised the First Prince's literary and military talents, and promptly rescinds Consort Hui's punishment.

At the martial arts grounds, two factions of princes get into a huge fight.

Ji Jinyou: [Go on, fight. When you're done, you'll be sworn enemies and tear each other apart. In the end, the throne will go to Prince Jing's heir.]

The princes all turn around and see Prince Jing's heir, who had been provoking both sides, snickering. They rush over and give him a brutal beating.

At a palace banquet, the emperor takes a fancy to the eldest daughter of the Guang'an Marquis's household and wants to take her as a consort.

Ji Jinyou: [Go ahead and take her. The young lady and Prince Jibei are in love. Force her into your harem, and she'll poison you. Prince Jibei will soon rebel to take her back.]

The emperor immediately arranges a marriage between the eldest daughter of the Guang'an Marquis's household and Prince Jibei.

Gradually, the plot veers further and further off course. The harem, which should have been full of schemes and deceit, becomes incredibly harmonious.

And whenever people see Ji Jinyou, they warmly call her Little Ninth and compete to spoil her.

Just like that, Ji Jinyou somehow becomes the darling of the entire palace...

It's all so inexplicable, but being able to live in peace is always a happy thing.

Now that she doesn't have to die, Ji Jinyou hurries to the little courtyard in a corner of the palace. That's where the hostage from the enemy kingdom lives, the man who will one day destroy Da Xing. She has to win him over and save this happy family...

*Beloved by all / adorable child / mind-reading

*Sweet romance / one-on-one / each other's first love / happy ending

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"The Fortunate Three-Year-Old Princess"

Also known as "I Became the Darling of a Political Intrigue Novel After They Heard My Thoughts"

Shen Zhinuo transmigrates into a book as the emperor's biological daughter, the crown prince's three-year-old girl.

The good news: her parents love each other, her siblings are close, and the whole family gets along.

The bad news: in the succession struggle coming soon, her father will be deposed, the whole family will be exiled, and they'll all die on the road.

Shen Zhinuo wants to change the plot, but the System's restrictions leave her powerless, so she decides to lie flat.

The imperial princes and their descendants scheme and fight over the throne, battling to the death.

Until one day, at a palace banquet, they hear the thoughts of the crown prince's chubby little girl...

[Fight, fight, fight. In the end, Da Xing will split apart, and you'll all die.]

The emperor's expression turns stern as he narrows his eyes at the many descendants in the hall. The empire he worked so hard to build will be ruined by this bunch of wastrels?

The princes and their sons and grandsons are horrified. They all die in the end?

Seeing everyone turn to stare at them, the crown prince is so startled that he immediately asks the emperor for leave, wanting only to carry his child away.

But the little girl speaks again: [Why are you still so respectful toward the old emperor? You're worried about his health, so you just advise him to take fewer pills. Then he suspects you don't want him to live forever, and in the end he listens to slander and deposes you. And he ends up dying from those pills himself.]

The emperor: "!!??"

The crown prince: "..."

Shen Zhinuo discovers that, for some inexplicable reason, the entire imperial family starts competing to take care of her. The old emperor even has a little dragon throne installed beside his own in the main hall...

Several years later, the imperial family is harmonious, and Da Xing is peaceful, prosperous, and flourishing.

The old emperor abdicates of his own accord, the crown prince ascends the throne, and Shen Zhinuo becomes the most beloved princess in all of Da Xuan.

Shen Zhinuo is puzzled. Could it be that she didn't transmigrate into a political intrigue novel where everyone dies?

*Beloved by all / adorable child / mind-reading

*Sweet romance / one-on-one / each other's first love / happy ending

Theme: Love is a ray of light.