Blurb:
There are thousands of women in the palace. Why must they all serve as maids?
Huang Yuhuan of the Bordered Yellow Banner was born into a family of hereditary bondservants. Her status meant she was destined to enter the palace and serve its noble masters. Everyone there told her that women from the Imperial Household Department's bondservant families were lowborn, natural-born slaves. But the scars on her body and the pain in her knees from kneeling told her: "If you want to live well, live smoothly, and live with dignity, you have to fight your way to the top."
This is the story of a bondservant who strives not to sympathize with the Qing dynasty and no longer wants to live at the mercy of others, only to end up with everyone else at her mercy.
[Leveling up and wish fulfillment + ensemble cast + women supporting women + palace intrigue + romance]
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The imperial harem was a cage where consorts struggled to survive. Beneath its golden tiles and vermilion walls, life was always at its harshest for the bondservants. Though they were worlds apart, their fates were intertwined. I can't change their history. I only want to enrich their lonely, bleak lives.
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Theme: Everyone is equal, and women too can hold office and serve as ministers.
