A Concubine’s Guide to Rising to the Top: Cry, Compete, and Bear the Heir!

A flirtatious, skilled actress posing as a princess versus a suspicious, scheming emperor, with rebirth, palace intrigue, and revenge. In her previous life, Liang Jinxiang’s face was ruined by Consort Yi, and she died a miserable death. Reborn, she repaired her appearance and took the place of Princess Zhaolan of Anguo, entering the palace to marry into the imperial family. Only by winning the emperor’s favor could she take revenge on Consort Yi! Zhaolan’s rules for palace intrigue: cry first, fight for what you want second, and have a baby third! Weep in the emperor’s bedchamber, compete with Consort Yi, and have a baby to secure her place! Just as Zhaolan became the most favored woman in the harem, Consort Yi, who had been trampled underfoot, found a witness to expose her identity and accused her of being a fake princess, expecting her to lose the emperor’s favor. But Emperor Zhao Qiyue seized Zhaolan’s chin in his bedchamber, his gaze dark and sinister. “If your identity is false, then what about your feelings for me? Have you ever had even the slightest bit of sincerity?” Zhaolan, who thought she was done for: “???” The consorts, who thought she was nothing but a stand-in: “!!!”