Palace Intrigue: From Sweeping Maid in the Imperial Household to Empress

Once you enter the palace gates, they become an ocean deep. But she is determined to be the one who crosses it. The day Ruan Qianqian entered the palace, all she could think about was earning three taels of silver and two bolts of silk each month, saving enough to send home and help her parents make ends meet. She had no idea that inside these palace walls, a slap from a senior maid could cost someone their life, a bowl of soup from a personal maid could break someone’s heart, and a passing remark from a high-ranking consort could make life worse than death. She endured beatings, knelt in the rain, faked her own death, and was falsely accused. She watched the people around her fall one by one. Xiao Qizi died on a snowy night. Chunxia died from poison. The child she never got to deliver died because of someone else’s schemes. And she climbed step by step, treading on blood and tears, from a maid who swept the floors to a personal attendant, from a low-ranking concubine to a regular consort, and from a noble lady to a high-ranking consort.