The Legitimate Daughter of a Collateral Branch

Popular Elements: Rebirth, blackened female supporting character, true and false young miss (not the female lead), female supporting character with Koi Luck, White Moonlight, and more. A guaranteed satisfying read.

The Ruan clan of Jiangling is a prestigious family that has produced high-ranking officials for four generations. At the height of their glory, a daughter of the Ruan clan sits as Empress.

Their power is at its peak, like flowers blooming on brocade or oil added to a raging fire. But as the saying goes, water overflows when the cup is full, and the moon wanes after it is round.

Empress Ruan has presided over the Middle Palace for ten years, yet she remains childless.

The Emperor is in his prime and full of vigor. To secure the Empress’s favor, the Ruan clan patriarch decides to select a young woman of the right age from within the clan.

Thus, Ruan Miniang, who was traveling to the capital following her father’s promotion, was “conscripted” for the task…

Looking at the noble ladies and the Empress’s younger sisters by the legal wife, all sharpening their claws; the graceful and elegant younger sisters by concubines; and even the peerlessly beautiful cousin of the Empress—

Miniang, having lived a previous life, says: “Big shots, please let me go. I’m just passing through…”