The Princess Takes the Throne

Fu Yue is a maid in the Jing residence.

Before an old man with the air of an immortal arrived at the manor, her greatest wish was to follow her young lady to the Sitian Sect.

The old man claimed to be the Daoji Immortal Elder, one of the Twelve Northern Mountain Palaces above the Sitian Sect. His powers were vast: with a wave of his hand he could summon dark clouds and pouring rain, then clear the skies with another. From the moment he arrived, everyone in the Jing residence treated him with respect.

Fu Yue wasn't qualified to attend the Daoji Immortal Elder's lectures.

She worked until nightfall, then went to tidy up the residence in the eastern part of the manor.

A gaunt old man stood waiting there with his hands behind his back.

Fu Yue had seen the Daoji Immortal Elder from a distance and thought she must have mistaken him for someone else.

To her surprise, the otherworldly master bowed and knelt before her the moment he saw her.

"Your Highness, Princess, this old minister has come too late."

Only then did Fu Yue learn that the old man wasn't the Daoji Immortal Elder at all. He did have magical powers, but injuries had made them unreliable. He possessed a vast store of knowledge and had once been the imperial tutor of the ancient state of Fu, which was on the verge of collapse.

He had come to serve her, hoping she wouldn't think it was too late.

"If Your Highness wants to build up her power, there is only one person in this entire Jing residence you need to win over."

"Who?"

"Qi Chao."

That young servant?

The boy who wore a sour expression as he handed her food every day, stuck up for her but stubbornly denied it, spoke coldly to her in public, and secretly helped her clean up her run-down residence?

Qi Chao was sold to the Jing residence as a child. He was stubborn and sharp-tongued, but he was born with a pretty face and was naturally loved by everyone in the Jing residence.

He has someone he loves, but unfortunately that girl can't stand him.

A sickly beauty, hidden mastermind, x a love-struck male lead

Theme: Where there's a will, there's a way.