Love's Chains in the Palace: A Schemer Defies Fate

Liu Yao, a concubine-born daughter of a scholarly family, is forced to enter the palace as a maid after her family is falsely accused. At the laundry bureau, she faces constant mistreatment. Then Consort Su Wanrong frames her, but the chivalrous Mo Yu comes to her rescue. After accidentally crossing paths with Chu Junyan, who is traveling incognito, Liu Yao is swept into the whirlpool of palace intrigue.

Su Wanrong has ulterior motives and repeatedly plots to frame Liu Yao, while her childhood friend Lin Wan'er also secretly trips her up. Liu Yao earns Chu Junyan's admiration with her talents, but this also draws even more danger her way. While investigating her family's wrongful conviction and Lin Wan'er's secrets, she discovers layer upon layer of conspiracies in the palace involving former dynasty officials, the martial world, and mysterious organizations.

As the story unfolds, Su Wanrong joins forces with court factions seeking to usurp power, launches a coup, and colludes with foreign enemies to trap Liu Yao and Chu Junyan. Working with Mo Yu, Lin Wan'er, and others, Liu Yao draws on her connections and wits to uncover the mastermind and put down the rebellion amid constant danger. Chu Junyan is gravely wounded saving Liu Yao, and after he recovers, he makes her empress. From then on, they face crises such as invasions by neighboring states together and usher in a golden age for Great Chu.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual persons or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.