Da Qi Dynasty, Yongping six years.
Sikong Yao had been in the palace for three full years. Instead of waiting for the emperor's favor, what she waited for was a decree to banish her to the cold palace.
Concubine Rong Shen Ronghua set up a clever scheme to frame Sikong Yao for using witchcraft to curse the emperor's heir. There is irrefutable evidence - a doll with Concubine Rong's birth date written on it was indeed found in Sikong Yao's palace.
Sikong Yao did not complain. She knew too well that there was no point in shouting. Concubine Rong was the emperor's favorite person, but she was just a dispensable concubine. Who will believe her?
The moment the door of the cold palace slammed shut behind her, she slowly slid to the ground, leaning against the mottled wall.
Then she smiled.
For three years, she has been like a drowning person in this deep palace, desperately trying to catch something, but unable to catch anything. It's fine now, it has finally sunk to the bottom. Once you get to the end, you won't be afraid anymore.
After a chance encounter in the cold palace, everything changed.
He saw a different light in her eyes - not flattery, not fear, but equality and calmness as a "person". She is the only woman in the harem who sees him as a "human being".
He started to want her back.
But she is a guilty person, and if she is released rashly, she will attract criticism from the court and the harem. He needs a chance and a start.
But at this moment, Concubine Rong showed her weakness...
Life in the cold palace was easier than she thought.
