[Bedchamber maid + palace and household intrigue + rivalry among men + all male leads are virgins + male supporting character's long road to winning her back]
Nanzhi was born into the Duke of Jing's household. Her parents and brothers were all servants of the estate. Though lowborn and mute from childhood, she possessed otherworldly beauty.
Beauty without the protection of an illustrious background was a crime.
She kept her head down and endured everything, doing her best to go unnoticed. All she wanted was to marry her childhood sweetheart, a fellow servant at the estate, and live an honest, ordinary life.
She had no desire to climb the social ladder, but it was the powerful who reached out to her, leaving her no choice.
Her father died, her mother was beaten, and her brother's leg was broken. She was forced to become the heir's bedchamber maid.
At first, Nanzhi didn't dare compete with the madam for favor or lose herself in the heir's tenderness. She only wanted to survive.
But a bedchamber maid was still a servant, forever a stepping stone for those above her.
She didn't want to remain a servant, trampled and humiliated.
Later, the heir of the Duke of Jing's household reformed his ways for her, reducing his wife to a mere bridal attendant.
Her childhood sweetheart won a title and high office, then bowed to welcome her as his bride.
A cold and aloof prince descended from his lofty pedestal for her and entered the mortal world.
From a groveling bedchamber maid to an empress of incomparable majesty, Nanzhi finally understood: only by reaching the very pinnacle of power could she protect herself and her family.
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The madam who had once destroyed her family, now disheveled and raving, grabbed the hem of her phoenix robe and demanded to know how things had come to this.
Nanzhi gently adjusted the hairpin at her temple. "I simply didn't want to be a servant anymore, trampled by anyone who pleased."
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Glory and wealth are the brocade, and mutual love is the flower.
Yan Hanyue was willing to brush the fresh snow from her brow, dismiss the imperial harem, and add a flower to her brocade.
The female lead's muteness will be cured.
It's very well written, but the heroine is super invincible and feels aggrieved. The prince is incapable of protecting her. The prince is a bastard and others don't stop her from taking off her belt. The heroine is bullied by the prince's wife every day. Her childhood sweetheart doesn't show up much and he doesn't like her. She's not married. Unless the heroine becomes emperor herself, she will have to be bullied. The three men are either incompetent, cowardly or a baby boy. Currently, she is super invincible and feels aggrieved.
I like it very much 😍
Good-looking [admiration]
I read it, it's acceptable! Can enter [star]
The heroine is so pitiful, she only likes the prince, I hope they can have a good ending 😢
. . . Who are you marrying?