Meng Wan, a twenty-year-old female official, is demoted to the Cold Palace for speaking her mind. Her life is worth less than a blade of grass.
The harem of Great Liang is strict, and silence is enforced in the Cold Palace. But she awakens a sharp-tongued power of prophecy: anything she says in jest comes true within three days.
She quips, “Three women will regain the emperor’s favor tomorrow,” and Consorts De, Shu, and Xian really are summoned back!
From then on, the discarded consorts form an alliance, the Cold Palace becomes a fortune-monitoring station, and the entire harem watches them closely.
When the empress lays a trap and favored consorts frame her, Meng Wan fights back with her sharp tongue, setting off one prophecy after another.
The emperor is both wary and suspicious, so he summons her to test her. She smiles and says, “Your Majesty’s headache is about to flare up.” The next day, it does.
From discarded consort to empress who rules the realm, she wields words like a sword and overturns the game of power...
Very beautiful, well written