In the third year of Yuanfeng, autumn. Sixteen-year-old Gu Zhao was ordered to enter the palace.
On the night before entering the palace, her father said to her: "Live for three years before we talk about anything else."
She knelt on the stone bricks of Cining Hall and kowtowed in thanks. She didn't know at that time that what she was stepping into was not a deep palace, but a human-eating chessboard.
On the first day after entering the palace, the officials remembered her name.
On the second day after entering the palace, the officials gave her dragon and phoenix tea - the imperial tea garden only produced a few cakes a year, and even the prince might not be able to drink it.
On the third day after entering the palace, Concubine Liu said with a smile: "Gu Cairen is really lucky."
Under that smile is a knife.
Gu Zhao thought that he could survive as long as he was careful enough. But she soon discovered that in this palace, you can't avoid fighting if you don't fight. Some people want her to die, some want her to take sides, some want to use her as a pawn - and the way that superior official looks at her is different day by day.
He gave her tea and snacks and asked her, "What are you afraid of?"
She didn't dare to answer.
What she was afraid of was not the coldness of the tea, but the warmth of the heart.
This is the story of how a man who didn't want to be a pawn survived in the palace. It's also a love that clearly touches my heart, but no one dares to say anything about it.
Super pretty!