[A seemingly gentle and kind heroine vs. a hero who falls in love without realizing it and wins himself over]
Doted on at first, cherished above all later. P.S. The heroine is no good person. She’ll stop at nothing to get what she wants!!!
Qinghe is a newly arrived palace maid. Everyone she meets thinks highly of her, praising her beauty, kindness, gentleness, and thoughtfulness without exception.
It is all an act. Knowing the emperor likes women like that, she has fashioned herself into exactly the kind of woman he favors.
She goes to great lengths to become a maid serving before the emperor, catching his attention so her dear older sister can slowly experience the fall from heaven into hell.
Just as she thinks she has enjoyed enough of her dear older sister’s misfortunes, her past is dug up.
Watching the emperor before her, angrily demanding answers, Qinghe finds him rather unreasonable. Her stepmother deliberately abandoned her when she was little, and she wandered until a courtesan rescued her.
She grew up in a brothel. What was wrong with having a few more big brothers if it meant a better life for herself and Hongliu?
Pei Wenjing likes obedient, well-behaved women who don’t cause trouble. From the first moment he meets Qinghe, he can’t help being drawn to her. Her gentleness and kindness suit him in every way.
Pei Wenjing keeps his guard up around her, yet can’t stop himself from falling for her. Then he discovers that not a single thing she says is true.
She is hypocritical, vicious, and good at playing the victim, everything he hates most.
And yet he just can’t let her go.
Although it has been promoted all the way, it is still very satisfying. Unfortunately, the female protagonist did not show any scheming and she basically relied on the male protagonist to dote on her.