Introduction to the work
A survival game without golden fingers, a concubine's ultimate climb within the rules.
Li Guoer, a concubine with a low status in the Li family, her biological mother died young. She is like moss in the drizzle of spring, quietly crawling in the corner of the deep house, but with clear eyes, she sees every crack in this declining mansion.
When the eldest sister's calculations on her sickbed pushed her into a chess game of marriage between powerful men and became the successor of the Marquis of Xiangyang Qin Xiaoxian, everyone regarded her as a docile puppet.
But they don't know——
This seemingly docile concubine has a sophisticated map of life hidden in her heart. What she is good at is not only the art of female red embroidery, but also finding a foothold for herself in the strict ethics and human calculations.
Houmen is as deep as the sea, with dangerous shoals everywhere:
• The aloof lady scrutinizes every word and deed
• The arrogant concubine Ning Wanqin regarded her as a thorn in his side
• The sisters-in-law, each with their own thoughts, weave a snare in the dark.
• The children left behind by my sister-in-law who died young are wary of being alienated from her.
• The majestic and taciturn prince's husband is an iceberg that is difficult to melt.
But she has her own edge in her hands:
Using the unique skill of Suzhou embroidery as a blade, we weave the connections between the clothes and the shadows on the temples;
Use mental strategies as a shield to resolve numerous crises amidst the surging undercurrents;
With tenacity and sobriety as the backbone, we will find our own path between compromise and perseverance.
From carefully protecting oneself, to being in charge of the palace and gaining respect from everyone above and below; from being forced to get involved in disputes between wives and concubines, to becoming soul mates alongside her husband; from being trapped in the inner house, to developing a career with embroidery to realize self-worth——
Every step Li Guoer takes is dancing on the tightrope of feudal rules. She did not break the rules, but applied them to the extreme; she did not challenge the times, but lived the broadest life within the limits allowed by the times.
Intention: Concubine's counterattack