A Concubine’s Competitive Life in the Prince’s Household

【TimeTravel+WorkplaceCompetition+NoLazingAround+AmbitiousFemaleLead】

OverachieverShenWeitraveledthroughtimeandfoundherselfasthelowest-rankingmaidinthegrandresidenceoftheYanPrince.

TheYanPrinceheldaprestigiousposition,buthisconsortswereallcontenttolivedulllives.Thenoble-bornprincessconsortwasastranquilasachrysanthemum;theconcubinesoughtalifeofmonogamy;thereincarnatedwomanwasutterlydisillusionedwiththeYanPrinceandhadgivenuponstrivingforanything;andtheothertimidconcubinesdarednotmakeamove…

Thequeenofworkplacecompetition,ShenWei,declared:Don’tstopme!I’mgoingtooutworktheseunambitiousslackers!…

TheYanPrincehadgrownaccustomedtothestagnantatmosphereinhisharem,untilaparticularlyskilledcourtesanappeared.

Thisconcubinewasstunninglybeautiful,adeptatbothliteratureanddance,hardworking,andalwaysbroughthimfreshexcitement.ThePrincecouldn’thelpbuttakeasecond,thenalifetime-long,lookather.

Yearslater,ShenWeibecametheall-powerfulImperialNobleConsort,withchildrenandtheemperor’sexclusivefavor.

Meanwhile,theprincessconsortremainedastranquilasever;theconcubinewasagingandhadyettoexperienceamonogamouslife;andthereincarnatedwomanwasstilleatingsimplemealsinhermodestabode…

Afterhalfalifetimeofstriving,ShenWeifinallyreachedretirementandrevealedhertruenature,fullyembracingalifeofleisure.Theretiredemperorinterjected:“Youcompetedforfavorjusttoretire?”

ShenWeisnackedonmelonseeds:“Whatelse?”

Livingisallaboutretirement!

Theretiredemperorwasevenmoresurprisedtofind,inmidlife,thatothermenwerevyingforhiswife’saffections!