What? This Waiter Is the Ancestor of the Mystic Sect?

{A political revenge story with mystical elements, two powerful leads, and a devoted husband who'll hand you the knife if you want to kill someone.}

Before she turned six, He Zhaozhao lived like a pampered heiress. Then, in a single night, her whole world came crashing down.

After ten years of surviving under an assumed name, her only family, Uncle He, was kicked to death by the prefect's son on horseback.

After burying Uncle He, Zhaozhao rescued a man from a cemetery in the hills.

Together, they set out to find the culprit behind the massacre of the He family years ago.

At court, sinister shadows lurk everywhere.

Zhaozhao must contend not only with the most powerful nobles in the empire, but also with a mysterious force.

“I never thought you were the one hiding the most. Why didn't you tell me sooner?”

“If I'd told you sooner, would you still have married me?”

“My lady, I was wrong. I shouldn't have talked back.”

“My lady is terrifying when she's angry. Waaaah, even this thousand-year-old ancestor is moved to tears...”