Schemes Behind the Red Palace Walls: The Untold Story of Shangguan Wan'er

[Transmigration, court intrigue, male favorites] She died beneath the blades of the Tang Dynasty. When she opened her eyes, she was already inside someone else's corpse.

Deep in the Ming palace, there is a mute girl named A Shi. She cannot speak, and all she has left is a soul steeped in a lifetime of political intrigue.

In the Laundry Bureau, she risks her life among blades. In the Palace Attendants Bureau, every step is fraught with danger. With hands raw from lye water, she grips a brush that should never belong to a lowly servant. By day, she copies palace rules. By night, she writes the words the emperor cannot let the world see.

From an ant at the very bottom, she climbs to become the woman who holds the emperor's secret edicts in her keeping.

In this life, she wants no royal wealth or glory. She will be her own weapon.

She relies on no benefactor from the heavens. With blood on her tongue, she writes her way back to life, one character at a time.