Lin Ziyu was the daughter of Lin Yanqing, the prime minister of the dynasty. If nothing had gone wrong, she could have lived a carefree life.
Who could have known that one day the Lin family would be framed by treacherous schemers, wiping out a hundred-member clan overnight?
Burdened with a blood feud, Lin Ziyu chose to enter the palace as a palace maid. To uncover the truth, she had no choice but to climb the ranks, one step at a time.
No matter how much humiliation she endured, she swallowed it all.
What was the truth?
Was the mastermind the favored consort, beloved throughout the harem and ruthless to the core? Or the empress, seemingly mild-mannered yet cold-hearted?
Or perhaps... the emperor, merciless and indifferent, afraid that a subject's achievements might eclipse his own?
It was the former court, the inner palace, and the ruins hidden beneath this dynasty.
At the very top, it is only natural to feel the cold.
Those who achieve great things must give up everything. But in the end, are you still the same person?
The heroine is focused on her career. Pure palace intrigue, no romance.
