Yao Siyao was summoned to the palace before she turned thirteen, beginning her coming-of-age in the secluded imperial palace.
Her intentions were simple: stay out of the world's affairs and protect herself, then, after five years, leave the palace and return to her hometown, her academy, and her parents.
But once she entered the palace, nothing was up to her anymore. Consort Liu and Lady Xu's battle for the throne, her close friend's favor and promotion, her brother-in-law's tangled grievances with the imperial family, the academy's senior fellow student passing the civil service exams and entering government, the young master Liu's special regard for her... It all went far beyond what she had intended.
Just as she thought her life in the palace had finally reached its end, she had no idea that the person pulling the strings was about to reveal themselves.
After spending long enough in the palace, she had simply forgotten to ask who had summoned her within its walls in the first place.
When I close my eyes and think it over, every event in the palace seems like a thread. In the end, they all formed a fine net that trapped me tight.
One more thing from the author:
Please don't let my seemingly scheming synopsis scare you off. This is a historical fantasy (modeled on the Tang dynasty), written in first person, and the occasional internet buzzword might pop up, ORZ.
The palace intrigue is largely adapted from real-life stories of people scheming against one another that I've heard, but there won't be too much, and it won't be as cruel as in the official histories. Life is beautiful, after all~
There will be plenty of romance~ There'll always be friendship and love in the depths of the palace, precious as flowers on a cliff.
In short, this is a coming-of-age story about a girl who's just a tiny bit more devious than everyone else, with
