Entwined in Spring

[Household intrigue + beautiful, clever maid + scheming, devoted powerful official + rise to the top + devoted to each other + happy ending]

Le Ya, a young maid in the Duke of Guo’s household, was the descendant of a disgraced official. After her family was seized and exiled, she became one of the lowest-ranking maids in the household.

With no future in sight, she had planned to lie flat and live like a lazy fish. But to become a first-class maid and buy her freedom, and to learn the whereabouts of her only sister, she embarked on a difficult climb through the ranks.

She made pastries, simmered nourishing soups, embroidered patches, and tended flowers and plants.

She mastered a whole range of skills and became one of the Old Madam’s favorites.

But before the amnesty she hoped for could arrive, the unruly eldest young master had already set his sights on her.

When he saw her leave the Duke’s household and start discussing marriage with those penniless scholars, the eldest young master could no longer sit still.

His various games of playing hard to get had no effect at all. Drunk, he kicked open Le Ya’s door. “Le Ya, who else would you marry but me?”