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

(Flirtatious, talented actress posing as a princess vs. suspicious, scheming emperor + rebirth + palace intrigue + revenge)

In her previous life, Liang Jinxiang's face was ruined by Consort Yi. Reborn after a miserable death, Liang Jinxiang restored her looks and took the place of Princess Zhaolan of An Kingdom, entering the palace as a bride. Only by winning the emperor's favor could she take revenge on Consort Yi!

Zhaolan's rules for palace intrigue: cry, steal, then have a baby!

Cry in the emperor's bedchamber, compete with Consort Yi, and have a baby to secure the emperor's favor!

Just as Zhaolan became the most favored woman in the harem, Consort Yi, who had been trampled underfoot, found a witness to expose her true identity and accuse her of being a fake princess, certain she'd 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 fake, then what about your feelings for me? Have you ever had even a shred of sincerity?"

Zhaolan, who thought she was as good as dead: "???"

The consorts, who had thought she was only a stand-in: "!!!"