Ruying’s Choice Shocks the Palace

Li Ruying woke with a sharp sting under her tongue and a dead woman’s name on her back. She had landed in the body of the side consort who was meant to die so the heroine could win cleanly. The body was weak. The rules were cruel. Her family had already been pushed down the ladder, which gave her one rare gift: no one watched her closely enough to stop her from moving through doors meant for servants. She used that gap to hunt ledgers, expose bribes, and steal back her family’s name piece by piece. The worst part was the private jolt in her chest when a choice turned irreversible. She felt it the first time and kept going. Now the system had sent her into another world, and the man holding t...