In the winter of the seventh year of Chengxi, Gu, the Imperial Noble Consort who had once basked in the emperor's favor, lost her son, her power, and the protection of her family, who were put under investigation. In the dead of night, she walked alone to a disused well. Just before she leapt in, Meng Xia, a modern woman, awoke in her body.
She thought this was simply the end of a woman who had fallen out of favor. But when she began reviewing old records, comparing medical files, and checking witness statements, she discovered that there was no true culprit behind the prince's death. Everyone had simply made a choice "to survive."
And the first person to make the child ill was Gu, the Imperial Noble Consort herself.
The women in the harem have no names, only titles: Empress, Noble Consort, Consort, and Lady. Forced to compete for favor, children, and their families' futures, they are also forced to become one another's enemies.
What Meng Xia wants to know gradually becomes more than just "Who harmed me?"
It's this:
If this palace forces all the women to fight one another to the death, is it possible for them to choose to stop being enemies?
