One is the daughter of a condemned minister, enslaved in the imperial laundry with her younger sister. The other is the Third Prince, whose status is equally awkward. Their story unfolds like a book told at an unhurried pace. This story has no palace infighting or tired tropes, and no rebirth or System. He is merely an unfavored prince, and she is at the very bottom of the imperial laundry. Two outcasts find warmth in each other. Later, he becomes emperor, and she rises from servant to a woman who can stand by his side.
