The First-Rank Maid

She was the empress, Heaven's favored daughter. Then, in a single night, her family was slaughtered and her child died a cruel death! Living a second life, she becomes a lowly maid despised by everyone. Though scorned and neglected, she plots at every turn, pushing everyone who harmed her into the flames and grinding the scoundrel who betrayed her into the dirt. Remember this: I swear on my life that even if there is no next life, I will make you possess these vast lands and yet suffer endless loneliness. You will meet the one you love, but never be together, for all eternity, without end! But... the emperor she once thought untouchable draws her into another abyss with his endless love and tenderness...