Reborn as Liuzhu, I Rewrite My Fate and Turn the Tide

When a ray of morning light pierced the glazed tiles of the Forbidden City, I awoke in the embroidery room of the Zhen residence, with the unfinished tassel I'd been sewing last night still beneath my fingertips. If fate is a game of chess, then I was merely a pawn cast aside in a corner from the start: Liu Zhu, the most insignificant maid at Zhen Huan's side.

Act One: A Predicament

The palace walls towered like iron, and the wind concealed razor-sharp blades. Zhen Huan had only just entered the palace, and Hua Fei's smile cut colder than frost. I counted every footstep from the shadows, trying with my meager strength to keep her safe. But fate was a tightly woven net, and even breathing felt suffocating.

Act Two: A Turning Point

I began to learn how to listen for changes in the wind and rain through silence, and how to hide the truth beneath fallen leaves in the imperial garden. Poisoned food, a miscarriage, a period of cultivation at Ganlu Temple: each crisis tempered me in fire, transforming me from a maid into the person Zhen Huan trusted most.

Act Three: The Price

The road to revenge was strewn with thorns. I moved through the enemy camp like a lone goose walking across ice. One secret could upend the entire harem, but it could also doom me beyond redemption.

When power and loyalty weave a cage, how can anyone hold on to who they were at the start?