The Tyrant Can Read Minds, So I Quit Pretending in the Harem

After becoming a concubine to a tyrant, Lu Jinyi is utterly despairing about her new career.

Living a miserable life is worse than dying in a blaze of glory.

As the saying goes, the workplace is a battlefield. If you want a promotion, you can't just lie low.

Beauty is your foot in the door; intelligence is your lifeline.

Your personality determines your fate, and your social skills determine your standing.

As long as you keep your head down... Lu Jinyi discovers there's no way she can keep her head down at all.

When faced with the emperor's sharp tongue, even a saintly woman would be driven to fury.

The ultimate career goal: A concubine who doesn't want to become empress dowager isn't a proper concubine.

Xiao Yanshan was born a bandit, raised an army in rebellion, and fought his way into the capital to become emperor. He believed in neither ghosts nor fate, until one day he discovered he could hear the thoughts of Lu Jinyi, a newly arrived concubine.

She's a real rebel with a person growing out of her backbone, and a mouth growing out of her knife. Anyone she calls out gets their skin flayed, one way or another.

Later on.

Lu Jinyi: The emperor's great in every way. It's just a shame he has a mouth.

Xiao Yan: The empress is great in every way. It's just a shame she has a mouth.