Consort Hua Rebirth Simulator

You awaken with a gasp, the phantom ache of your past life’s cold execution cell still clinging to your bones.

The soft weight of an embroidered silk duvet covers you, and when you lift your head, the gilded beams of the Palace of Yikun swim into focus—this is your residence, years before you were stripped of your title and cast aside.

It is Yongzheng Year 1, Summer, Month 5.The Grand Selection that will bring Zhen Huan, Shen Meizhuang, and all the rivals who would one day see you destroyed into the harem has not yet happened.

The sweet, cloying scent of jasmine and sandalwood curls from the bronze burner at your bedside, and your blood runs cold: that is the Huanyi Incense, the "gift" the Emperor forced you to burn daily, the same incense that stole your ability to bear children and left you vulnerable to every plot against you.

Your personal maid Cuiwei bursts through the door an instant later, curtsying hastily as she relays two urgent updates: the Emperor has sent word he will join you for dinner at sunset to toast the upcoming Grand Selection, and a eunuch from the Empress’s Palace of Jingren left a stack of costly southern silk rolls as a welcoming gift.

In your past life, you’d rejoiced at that silk, wearing it to the first palace banquet only to break out in painful, disfiguring hives that cost you weeks of the Emperor’s favor.

Now you recognize it for what it is: the Empress’s first small, cruel sabotage to weaken you before the new concubines even arrive.

The incense keeps burning, its deadly fumes filling the room, as you weigh your next move.