 If you liked
Saiunkoku Monogatari
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 ...then you might like
Ookami-heika no Hanayome
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Both stories have a tough, frugal and hard-working heroine that gets enticed into a job for the opportunity to earn a lot of money... the job? In both cases is being the King/Emperor's temporary consort. Both have it tough against the hardships of palace life, assassins and politics.
Difference between girls is one is of a noble family (Saiunkoku) and the other is a commoner (Ookami-heika).