Before Xiao Qingyan is recognized by the imperial family, she is a folk painter of lowly status. Then, overnight, she becomes a princess.
A princess nobody in the imperial harem pays attention to.
She struggles to adapt to the harem's treacherous life, then suddenly discovers, in an unnoticed corner, a servant just as hard at work adapting and surviving as she is.
They say he's a eunuch, the lowest kind in the palace. Anyone can tread on him, and anyone can make sport of him.
He's ordinary, seeming dull and unremarkable among the many eunuchs.
He cherishes every bit of warmth that slips through his fingers, yet trembles before the thought of sincere, pure love.
Everyone is forcing him to his knees.
Only Xiao Qingyan gently tells him: Stand up.
He stands, and the price is an eternity in the underworld.
Jiang Shoujing humbly prostrates himself beneath imperial power. "This servant is willing to humble himself for the princess."
She does not represent imperial power, nor does she represent her station.
She represents only herself.
"What a coincidence. I'm willing to, too."
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any similarities are purely coincidental. Do not imitate.
