The Young Concubine: She Gets to Be as Spoiled as She Likes

Xie Yilan, a talented young woman from a scholarly family, is forced by a family upheaval to marry Zhou Huaiming, a powerful young governor known as “Lord Zhou the Grim,” and become his eighth concubine. She is dragged into the deadly power struggles within the governor’s mansion.

From a tender, innocent young woman, she grows through repeated brushes with death into the mistress of a high-ranking official’s household, and enters the palace to become the Empress Dowager’s trusted confidante.

As her country teeters on the brink of disaster, she uses her intelligence and courage to persuade the Empress Dowager, save her husband, and turn the tide.