Chapter 1: I'm in a Book
The fourth year of Xining.
The rear hall of Changle Palace.
It was early spring, and the crabapple blossoms were in full bloom in the courtyard. The sky was filled with crimson flowers, which was a beautiful sight.
A graceful figure was sitting in front of the window, writing furiously on the rosewood desk.
"Baolin, take a break. You've been copying the scriptures all afternoon."
As the sky gradually darkened, a palace maid brought up tea.
After a long time, Pei Tingyue raised his head from the desk, looked at the stack of scriptures in front of him and said with emotion,
"Finally finished copying!"
She picked up the cup and took a sip, her thoughts slowly drifting away.
Three days ago, she was still a busy worker, but she didn't expect that when she woke up, she had transmigrated into a book!
This novel was a palace-fighting novel with a female protagonist that she stayed up late to read. It was called "Power in the Palace".
In the original novel, the male protagonist Xie Chen ascended the throne at a young age and became Emperor Xining. This emperor was deep-minded and capable.
In order to consolidate the court and pacify the border, he took several noble ladies into his harem.
Although he has three thousand concubines in his harem, the emperor only gives his full affection to one person. The heroine of the original novel is Concubine Liang Shen Yuyao.
The two of them had known each other since childhood and had grown fond of each other over their time together. Ever since Shen Yuyao entered the palace, she had been the most favored of the harem, enjoying unparalleled popularity.
But this is the harem, the place where the most fierce fighting is. The emperor's favor put Shen Yuyao in opposition to the other concubines.
In this turbulent court struggle, she lost a son and was almost heartbroken.
But the heroine is the heroine after all, Shen Yuyao did not give up. Instead, she remained silent for two years, then returned to the palace, constantly growing through repeated trials and tribulations, and finally became a powerful empress.
When Pei Tingyue read this novel with a strong female protagonist, she found it very inspiring.
But now she doesn't feel that at all, because she has been reincarnated as the cannon fodder concubine with the same name and surname in the book who is about to die.
In other words, she won’t live for many days!
It's so unlucky that I opened the door for bad luck. I'm so unlucky!
The original owner's position in the book is that he is a shield deliberately set up by the emperor in order to protect Shen Yuyao who lost her child and to attract the attention of the concubines!
Under the intentional manipulation of the emperor, the original owner was put in the center of public opinion.
But the original owner was stupid and unaware, and was blinded by this false favor, offending the entire harem and successfully attracting fire.
One can imagine what happened in the end. She was framed and died in the cold palace. She died with her eyes open and no one even collected her body.
"well!"
Thinking of the tragic ending in the future, Pei Tingyue sighed.
Even more troubling was the fact that she had traveled through time exactly when the original owner had just become a shield. Although the original owner had just gained favor, she was a capable person and had offended many people in the harem in a short period of time.
These one hundred copies of the sutra were the punishment the original owner had to copy because he had offended the high-ranking concubine Lin Zhaorong.
The original owner hadn't even finished writing it once. Poor girl, it took her three whole days to finish it, and her hands were almost in so much pain!
Pei Tingyue suppressed the slight resentment in his heart and began to think seriously.
Now that you are here, you should plan for it.
It was a foregone conclusion that she had traveled through the book, so she couldn't just sit there and wait for things to develop and repeat the tragic ending.
She wants to live well!
Not only that, she also has to climb up this magnificent golden palace step by step!
Pei Tingyue's eyes moved slightly, and he had a plan in mind.
The heroine is now staying indoors, and this period of time is particularly important to her.
She wants to take this opportunity to improve her relationship with the emperor!
After figuring this out, Pei Tingyue looked directly at the palace maid beside her: "How many days has it been since the Emperor summoned me to his bed?"
"To reply to Baolin, it's six days."
Pei Tingyue nodded slightly and murmured softly, "It should be soon."
She hadn't been summoned for six days, which was quite a long time and didn't fit the frequency of her being a "shield".
If she guessed correctly, the emperor would summon her to sleep with him these two nights.
Pei Tingyue silently chewed on the word "servant in the bed" in his heart, and a hint of eagerness flashed in his eyes.
This is the male protagonist of the novel, so his appearance and figure must be pretty good.
She is a little looking forward to sleeping with a man this time.
Pei Tingyue: ( _ )
Just after dinner, a young eunuch from the Jingshifang came to tell her that the emperor wanted her to sleep with him that night.
According to the rules for low-ranking concubines to serve the emperor in bed, Pei Tingyue was carried to the side hall of Chengming Palace. After bathing and dressing, she was led to the bedroom.
When they arrived at the door of the bedroom, all the palace maids and eunuchs bowed and retreated.
Pei Tingyue calmed down, reached out to push aside the bead curtain and walked in slowly.
The light in the inner bedroom was not bright. Only a few palace lanterns were lit. The bright candlelight flickered and the wicks occasionally made a crackling sound.
Pei Tingyue walked around the screen and saw a tall figure lying on the bed.
The man was wearing a black dragon robe and leaning lazily to one side, with his head supported by one hand and a scroll held in the other. Most of his face was hidden in the shadows, making it difficult to see clearly.
Pei Tingyue only took one look and then lowered her head, bowing according to the rituals she remembered: "Your Majesty, I greet you. May your Majesty be blessed with good health."
After a while, a cold and low voice sounded from the couch: "Get up."
Pei Tingyue slowly stood up and bravely looked at the couch. The man had put down the book in his hand, and a handsome and noble face came into view.
His eyebrows were sharp as swords, his nose was high, and his lips were lightly pursed. His dark eyes were as deep as a cold pond, revealing no emotion at all.
As expected of the male lead, he is so handsome.
Pei Tingyue couldn't be more satisfied with the emperor's appearance.
As she looked at the emperor, the emperor also looked at her, and a hint of surprise flashed across his eyes, which usually showed no emotion.
The woman in front of the couch was only wearing a thin robe, and her snow-white belt outlined her graceful and exquisite figure.
She has black hair, red lips, sparkling eyes, skin as white as cream, and eyebrows curved like a crescent moon. She is truly extremely beautiful.
Although they had just met a few days ago, the feeling was very different. Xie Chen suddenly felt a little interested. He waved his hand and said in a deep voice, "Come here."
Pei Tingyue sat down obediently beside the bed, with her head lowered and no words spoken.
Xie Chen pinched her delicate chin and looked carefully at the lotus face in front of him.
The red mole at the end of the woman's peach blossom eye is extremely beautiful in the dancing candlelight, and has a kind of alluring meaning.
Xie Chen felt a slight tingle in his heart, his eyes darkening. He gently stroked the corners of her eyes with his fingertips and said affectionately, "I heard that you contradicted Lin Zhaorong a few days ago and were punished to copy scriptures?"
Pei Tingyue glanced at the slender jade-like knuckles on her cheek, and looked pitifully at the couch, suppressing the itch: "Yes."
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