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I'm a Lazy Step Empress in the Harem

share time: 2026-02-14 07:01:18

Shen Zhao transmigrated into the newly appointed Step Empress and resolved to be a "lazy fish" in the harem—no fighting for favor, no getting involved in palace schemes, just lying around eating osmanthus cakes every day. But Emperor Xiao Yan insists on "creating trouble": he deliberately sends trouble-making concubines to her palace, assigns her to handle tricky conflicts between consorts, and even visits her late at night just to "discuss account books". To make matters worse, the younger brother of a powerful minister, who had a past with her, suddenly enters the palace, holding their old token of love and demanding she "take responsibility". As Shen Zhao pretends to be foolish to avoid trouble, she discovers that Xiao Yan's "targeting" hides a test—there's a hidden truth behind the former Empress's death, and she, the "lazy step empress", has long been drawn into a deeper plot...

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