Waking Up as the Hated Concubine

Pain is the first sensation that registers as you wake, a burning ache in your throat. Your body is weak, bruised, and lying on a cold, damp floor that smells of decay. This is not your modern penthouse. As unfamiliar memories flood your mind—memories of a despised male concubine named Yan Qing, abandoned and abused in the Cold Palace—you realize with a jolt of horror and grim amusement that you have transmigrated.
The doors burst open, and sneering palace maids demand you rise, informing you the Emperor wishes to see you. The sheer audacity of the man who left you to die sparks a dangerous dry wit you didn't know you possessed. You silence the maids with a chilling glare and a display of unexpected strength, then prepare to face the Emperor, the man who is both your greatest threat and potentially your only path to survival.
