Startling by Each Step: A Bold Concubine Storms the Imperial Harem

Shen Weilan, a concubine-born daughter of humble origins, enters the palace as a servant and is plunged into the deadly harem.

Within the deep palace, consorts scheme against one another, palace maids fight among themselves, people are impossible to read, and danger lurks everywhere. Without anyone to rely on, the slightest mistake could spell her doom.

To survive, she keeps her emotions in check and hides her talents, using keen eyes to see through people and a few clever schemes to avert danger.

When someone comes looking for trouble, she talks her way out of it. When she is framed, she fights back against all odds.

She neither longs for wealth and glory nor seeks to ingratiate herself, yet she cannot escape being pulled into the conflicts between rival powers, forced to fight with wits and courage at the center of the storm.

From a little palace maid anyone can bully to a survivor who can stand on her own, she advances one careful step at a time behind the palace walls. But the farther she goes, the more chilling the presence behind her becomes. The hand lurking in the shadows has had its eyes on her for a long time. Can she escape this calamity?