Su Wei, an orphan from a poor family, became a maid in the Duke's Mansion after her parents died. She was sent to the remote West Cross Courtyard to serve the second girl Shen Qingyuan, whose biological mother died young and was treated harshly by her aunt Liu Shi. Under the brocade curtain of the Hou Mansion, there are plots everywhere: the stewardess embezzles supplies, the maids of the same generation deliberately make things difficult, and the rules of the house are like a net, which makes the slaves at the bottom unable to breathe.
By chance, Su Wei discovers the secret that the steward, Grandma Zhang, colluded with the Liu family to embezzle family property, and the peaceful road to survival suddenly becomes turbulent. She and Shen Qingyuan gradually became close friends from masters and servants. Under the pressure of the Liu family, they searched for evidence under the old locust tree and witnessed the truth in the woodshed late at night.
From a cautious low-level maid to a counterattacker with evidence in hand, Su Wei broke away from the shackles of slavery with perseverance and intelligence, and started a self-reliant workshop with her exquisite embroidery skills; Shen Qingyuan also under her protection, finally won the favor of his father and found a husband. Inside and outside the brocade curtain, there is intrigue in a deep house, and it is also a two-way redemption between women. Keeping true to one's heart in a desperate situation, and finding stability in the market. This is a desperate survival of a poor maid, and it is also a warm and healing road of growth.
