The blurb is tentative. I may revise the title and blurb before officially starting, but the central premise won't change.
Shen Yuying had been working nonstop for three days. At last, she was able to close her eyes, only to wake up as a little girl of three or four.
Her home was bare, with nothing but four walls. On the only bed lay her father, already cold.
Just then, a woman decked out in gold and silver came in first.
Four taels of silver bought a lifetime. From then on, Shen Yuying no longer existed. She was just a maidservant named Xiaoyu.
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Six years after entering the mansion, the Duke named the young ladies. Shen Yuying was astonished to discover that the eldest young lady was the famed virtuous empress Shangguan Yun from the history books, while the third young lady was Shangguan Tai, the evil consort who would throw the emperor into chaos.
And she, Xiaoyu, the third young lady's personal maid and the only maid surnamed Shen to grow up alongside her, had an eighty percent chance of being Shen Yuying, the court official who would be taken as a Zhaorong consort by the new emperor, fail to assassinate him, and be killed by his sword in return.
Shen Yuying clutched her chest and shivered in the bitter wind.
The last emperor hadn't ascended the throne yet, and the eldest young lady was only just about to marry. As long as the third young lady didn't enter the palace, she certainly wouldn't end up dying by suicide in a fire alongside the last emperor.
As for her, Shen Yuying, her greatest dream in this life was still to open shops and buy estates, then leave the mansion and enjoy a comfortable life with servants at her beck and call.
Content warning: The female lead will have a romance arc, though I'm not very good at writing those. For now, I've planned at least three relationships for her, with a focus on the number three. They won't go very well, but she's the one who ends them decisively. She will not have a romance with the last emperor.
Theme: Take charge of your own life.
