Nian Shilan After Reading Dream of the Red Chamber Is Not to Be Messed With

[Nian Shilan reborn + clear-eyed heroine + satisfying palace intrigue] A strip of white silk and a dark room brought the life of the peerlessly beautiful Consort Hua to an end. For a full ninety-nine years, she wandered the palace as a ghost, listening to a tale of “a vast white expanse, utterly clean.” As she faded away, Nian Shilan thought she was finally on her way to the underworld. But when she opened her eyes, Songzhi was standing before her with a list, asking her to review the quarters assigned to the newly arrived palace maidens...