After Becoming the Cannon-Fodder Beauty in a Palace Intrigue Novel

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After transmigrating into a palace-intrigue novel, Cheng Jinyin became the cannon-fodder supporting female character who dies horribly right from the start.

Her father didn't care for her, and her mother didn't love her. After entering the palace through the selection, she was only given the rank of Eighth-Rank Beauty. To make matters worse, she had a powerful instinct for courting death and was caught insulting the Noble Consort behind her back.

So she never lived to see another sunrise.

After transmigrating, she had an overbearing Noble Consort backed by the Empress Dowager on one side, and a white-lotus heroine with the protagonist's halo on the other.

Cheng Jinyin, former top streamer, skilled in all manner of arts, said: "Isn't this just a story about climbing the ranks in the harem? I know how it works."

In front of the emperor, she excelled at music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and was the most devoted reader of his collected paintings.

In front of the empress, she strictly followed palace rules and handled affairs with incisive efficiency, becoming the manager she trusted most in the harem.

In front of the Empress Dowager, she was a skilled cook who knew how to care for one's health, and the most filial confidante in her eyes.

Everyone in the harem knew that Beauty Cheng had been the emperor's sole favorite ever since she entered the palace.

Only Cheng Jinyin knew how much effort she'd put in to get promoted as quickly as possible.

Whatever her bosses liked, she could learn.

The workplace was a battlefield, and she never let her guard down.

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At first, Chu Yi was simply attracted to Cheng Jinyin's beauty.

The palace was filled with beauties, but none could make his heart soften with pity just by furrowing her brows and clutching her chest.

It wasn't that Chu Yi was unaware of some of Cheng Jinyin's little tricks behind his back.

Beauty Cheng liked to be a little willful, but without realizing it, he had become more and more partial to her.

Chu Yi thought he'd been bewitched. Later, he realized that Cheng Jinyin's admiration and love made him stop for her again and again.

In the end, he willingly presented her with the Empress's seal.

To that, Cheng Jinyin, now successfully promoted, said: "You're really overthinking it. Still, I suppose I do deserve to be empress. :)"

* Both leads have had previous relationships. A palace-intrigue story with a heroine who won't bother you if you don't bother her.

* The heroine is an unfeeling wage worker. The emperor is very biased in her favor, but is still a standard emperor.

* The heroine rises through the ranks quickly at first, so proceed with caution if that bothers you~

Theme: Work hard no matter where or when, and you can succeed