Cui Rong's life had been smooth as a boat drifting downstream, right up until the moment she was struck down by a heart attack while working overtime.
She never imagined she'd transmigrate to ancient times and become a candidate in a selection for palace women.
The worst part wasn't transmigrating, though. It was having to work herself to the bone, and then work herself to death, every step of the way.
She drank a cup of tea and was poisoned to death.
She said the wrong thing and was beaten to death with a staff.
She turned a corner and was ambushed.
One night, unable to find anywhere to stay, she ran headfirst into the Crown Prince. This cold-faced lunatic held her underwater and drowned her.
Why was she still standing in her bedroom, gazing at the moon and sighing, after dying so many times?
Because this wretched place wasn't some fictional dynasty in a parallel world. It was a game.
And a game with a faulty System connection, at that.
When Cui Rong realized this, she didn't just want to throw her head back and howl at the heavens. She wanted to curse out loud: If there's a System, why do I have to figure out the rules myself? What good are you?
System: Signal... abnormal. Please host... keep trying!
Cui Rong had six things to say about that: ...
To make it back to reality alive, Cui Rong had no choice but to do as the System said and keep fighting this game to the bitter end.
And if she got the chance, she would definitely drag down the Crown Prince who killed her the first time they met!
But...
Crown Prince: Even surviving eighty-one trials wasn't as hard as getting me on the throne...
Cui Rong: ???? Keep the Five Virtues and Four Beauties in your heart, and remember civilization and prosperity!
Crown Prince: ???? If I'd known you were a fine young socialist, I wouldn't have messed with you.
Why does this stupid game have teammates, too? Damn it!
A newbie at political scheming, a wisecracking woman who believes keeping her head down is the best strategy x a scheming, dark-skinned, soft-hearted little star
Political scheming at kindergarten level. Just have fun with it.
Theme: The art of knowing what to keep and what to let go
