She spent her life building high platforms, but eventually locked herself in them.
The year Shen Hengwu entered the palace, the Shen family had already been defeated.
A daughter whose scholarly family had declined should not have made any noise in this imperial city. But she has a skill that no one can take away from her - she understands architecture. From the renovation plans of the side hall to the construction methods of the imperial garden, she made Emperor Xiao Yan see her value with one stroke.
Tongque Terrace, the cold palace where abandoned concubines were imprisoned, was the first "opportunity" given to her by the Queen Mother. She thought that once she entered the stage, she would have power. She thought that with power, she had choices. She thought that by standing at the highest point, she could protect the people she wanted to protect.
In ten years, she went from a female official to a beloved concubine, from a beloved concubine to a queen, and personally transformed the Tongquetai from a cold palace into the center of power controlling the harem. But when she turned around, she discovered——
The Shen family is gone, her brother is dead, the emperor's eyes turned from admiration to suspicion, and the Tongque Terrace she expanded with her own hands is waiting to lock in the last person.
That person is herself.
In this palace, the queen and the deposed concubine were only separated by a wall.
