After My Family Was Slaughtered, I Became My Enemy’s Servant

I was the only daughter of the grand secretary, a cherished jewel raised amid silk and splendor.

The night my family was brought down, my father hid me in a secret compartment and left me with one instruction: “Go find Xiao Lin.”

The whole court knew that Grand Secretary Xiao was the mastermind behind my family’s execution.

Clutching a bloodstained jade pendant, I stepped into my enemy’s home to serve as a maid.

But in his study, I found Xiao Lin coughing up blood. From his sleeve slipped half a jade pendant that fit perfectly with the one in my hand.

He looked up and sneered. “A remnant of the Shen family?”

Later, when he was stabbed and near death, I tore off a strip of my skirt to stop the bleeding.

Dipping my fingertip in blood, I wrote in his palm: “Let’s work together. I’ll save your life, and you’ll clear my family’s name.”

On the day he ascended the throne, the ministers knelt to greet the new empress.

Wearing my phoenix crown and bridal robes, I walked toward the dragon throne. He took my hand and asked softly:

“When you saved me back then, was there even a little sincerity in it?”

I smiled, stroking the child in my womb. “Your Majesty, what matters more than sincerity is staying alive.”