Taking It Easy in the Workaholic Emperor's Harem

Zhao Lianqi is a bona fide grind addict. While everyone else plays, he studies; while everyone else eats, he studies; while everyone else sleeps, he studies. Just when I thought he was going to study himself to death, the old emperor died first and named him as his successor. His other dozen or so brothers refused to accept it, so he challenged them to a study competition... Zhao Lianqi versus his dozen-plus brothers: of course Zhao Lianqi won. He successfully studied the rest of them into the ground and secured the throne! After becoming emperor, he had to choose consorts. To his surprise, the empress he married was just as much of a grind addict as he was. Su Meixi, a gifted scholar with the name of a wicked consort, studies while others dress up, studies while others play, and studies while others attend banquets. One day she takes the imperial examinations and wins the third-place title. During the palace selection, Zhao Lianqi takes a liking to her and makes her empress on the spot, ruling the realm alongside her. As for me, my father is a grand general who commands the army and has spent years guarding the border as a powerful regional governor. My older brother wiped out every last barbarian at the frontier, so to put the emperor at ease, my brother and father decided to send me, Feng Jingyun, into the imperial palace as a show of loyalty. I’m useless at everything except eating, so this gluttonous consort has decided to shut the door and give up. As long as I stay inside, the study frenzy can’t get to me. But why does that grind-addict emperor keep coming to chat with me? Could he be hoping to slack off too?