Yu Wen'an was born in the countryside to a lowly family, yet she was born to be a second-in-command. A second-in-command is someone who makes a remarkable difference behind the scenes. At seventeen, Wen'an unexpectedly became the maid of Second Miss Qiu Yan of the Gao family. From then on, she resolved to help the romance between the Second Miss and the current emperor's eldest prince flourish.
One day, the eldest prince sought help from Master Xuanwei of the Great Ci'en Temple. Unexpectedly, the master's gaze turned toward the blue-robed maid standing behind Second Miss Gao.
Rumor had it that Master Xuanwei had a mysterious past. As an infant, he had been brought to the temple by its abbot. A prodigy since his youth, he was versed in divination and strategy, and frighteningly clever. The Empress invited him to lecture in the palace every month, while everyone in the Great Ci'en Temple and even the imperial palace kept their distance from him. Why? Because he was sick of the world, annoyed by heaven, earth, and all living beings. The only thing that didn't annoy him was a monkey that came running down from the mountains. When he saw it, he called it a "mischievous monkey." Well, the monkey annoyed him too.
All right, the only thing that didn't annoy him was a certain mysterious, eccentric woman in blue. Everyone knows that "eccentric" is a compliment. Later, the master tried to persuade the maid in blue to retire with him from the world. When that failed, he seized an opportunity and whisked her away. Even the monkey was speechless.
A maid is the embodiment of countless second-in-commands. Once she became a maid, she had no ties holding her back. So she began to dream of reaching the very heart of the kingdom, becoming a palace maid, the highest-ranking kind of servant, and ensuring that everything the powerful ate, wore, and did passed through her hands. Their lives would pass through them, too.
Wen'an, or reaching the summit of power, is only a matter of one thought.
Retreating from the world, or joining it, is only a matter of one thought.
Note: This is a historical romance with a steady pace.
This is a fairly serious historical romance.
This is a historical romance with a happy ending.
This is a historical romance about a monk and a maid.
This is a historical romance about second-in-commands.
This is a historical romance about one who despises the world and one who embraces it.
This is a historical romance full of love.
Ah, this is a historical romance waiting for the right reader to find it.
Theme: Reaching the top matters less than finding peace
