Reborn as a Palace Maid: A Blade of Blood That Shakes the Purple Palace

In her previous life, she was Meiniang, a plum-picking girl from Jiangnan. After exposing powerful court official Cui Yan's lie about passing off withered branches as tribute plums, she was beaten to death in the courtyard, and her entire family was dragged down with her. When she opened her eyes again, she had been reborn three months before the tragedy, as a lowly palace maid in the Great Sheng imperial palace, also named Lin Qingyi. Memories and bloodshed intertwined, she knew she had returned not only for revenge, but also to rewrite the coming Moonless Night Upheaval, a catastrophe destined to claim countless lives.

In this life, she was no longer the girl with nothing but courage. Drawing on her memories of her previous life, she recognized in advance the traces of collusion between the Cui clan, Liu Jin, the chief eunuch of the inner palace, and Consort Rou, the emperor's favorite. Knowing she was as insignificant as an ant, she decided to turn the situation to her advantage. Using her identity as a palace maid for cover, she drew on her knowledge of palace rules and human nature to lay her plans with care. She saved Fu An, a young eunuch who had been implicated because of her in her previous life, and made him her confidant. She subtly advised a neglected Talented Lady, who later spoke up for her at a crucial moment. She even used an