[Historical romance + romantic tension + household intrigue + a maid’s struggle to survive]
Hua Zhao is the lowest-ranking servant girl in the Duke of Ning’s household.
All she wants is to live a peaceful life, but an accident takes her chastity.
From then on, she lives in constant fear.
In a great household, every step is fraught with difficulty.
Above her, the masters scheme against one another; below, cruel servants curry favor with their betters and bully those beneath them.
Life is already hard for an ordinary maid, let alone one who has been defiled.
As she faces death, the second young master, renowned for his military achievements, says, “I was the one who took her chastity.”
From then on, the accounts are settled by candlelight.
The general’s young master climbs into her bed night after night.
The heroine cried from beginning to end, the best thing about it
Looks good and deserves a thumbs up
It's pretty good, not cliché, and the male protagonist is quite responsible and accountable.