A Concubine's Daughter in the Imperial Palace: Step by Step to the Throne

Shen Zhiwei, a concubine-born daughter of the Prime Minister's household, is forced to enter the palace in her legitimate elder sister's place as a palace attendant. With no family backing and no golden finger, she must struggle to survive in a perilous harem. The Consort's oppression, concubines' plots, and palace maids' schemes come one after another, but she uses her wits to foil deadly plans and wins over the cold-faced Emperor, Xiao Jingyuan, with her strength of character. From protecting herself to striking back, she tears away the masks of hypocrisy and exposes the mastermind, all while preserving her pure affection for Xiao Jingyuan amid the vortex of power. She has no life full of shortcuts, only an unyielding spirit. Watch Shen Zhiwei fight her way through the inner palace, rise to the throne of Empress, and stand shoulder to shoulder with the Emperor as they gaze out over his vast realm.