“A daughter of the Mu family, with a birth weight of six liang: destined to be a phoenix.” One pronouncement sealed her fate and set her on a life of palace intrigue.
After a fortune-teller's reading, her mother hurriedly sent her into the palace. There she was framed and lost in the depths of the imperial palace. A bowl of plain noodles made her the current emperor's sole favorite, but also drew the harem's jealous schemes. She exhausted herself planning and plotting, all just to live out her days in peace in the harem. But the emperor was heartless, her bonds with her sisters were shallow, her clan rose and fell, and she was separated from her own flesh and blood. Every last thing had been carefully orchestrated by the emperor. Once she saw the truth, she was reborn from the flames. Step by step, she clawed her way out of the blood-soaked abyss, determined to turn the harem upside down.
I thought the female lead was going to accomplish something big... I even thought she could get revenge, but before she could even get close to the enemy, her own people had already betrayed her or died. In the end, it seems she ran away with someone...