【Not Double Pure / Exclusive Favor in Later Stages / Cold-Hearted Emperor X Charming Concubine / Female Lead Is Not Clever, Not a Strong Female Lead】
In her previous life, Lan Wu captivated with a stunning dance during the Longevity Festival and was sent by Consort Li to the emperor’s side, becoming Lan Meiren in the palace.
Trained in dance since childhood, everyone in the palace’s Music Bureau praised her beauty, figure, and talent in dance and music, lamenting that it was a pity for her to remain a mere servant.
With the Central Palace unestablished, the emperor ordered Consort Shu and Consort Rou to manage the rear palace in his stead. Coinciding with the recent Palace Selection, the newly entered concubines quickly aligned themselves, and the two factions openly vied for power. It was at this time that Lan Wu arrived by the emperor’s side, gradually winning his favor.
She was beautiful enough but not clever enough. The emperor’s favor was like arsenic coated in sugar—he doted on her but would not indulge her whims. Constrained by Consort Li on one side and viewed as a thorn in the side by Consort Shu and Consort Rou on the other, she met a quiet, untimely end in the palace one night after the emperor left the palace.
Opening her eyes once more, she found herself reborn into a new life, just after that dance at the Longevity Festival, with the emperor’s gaze upon her now tinged with a hint of obscurity.
Unwilling to remain anyone’s puppet or die as miserably as in her previous life, Lan Wu hurried to escape as the dance ended, only to be stopped by an Imperial Attendant Maid in the Golden Hall.
Soon after, the emperor arrived.
The emperor scrutinized her face, spoke but a few words, and then let her go.
Yet in the palace, with her status so lowly, how could she be allowed to refuse?
Consort Li pressed her relentlessly, while Consort Shu sought to eliminate her at all costs. With no other choice left, Lan Wu could only dance for the emperor once more on a certain night.
This time, she would no longer be anyone’s puppet—she would climb upward on her own.