The Eastern Palace’s Favorite Maid Is Forced to Climb the Ranks

Wei Shu was the most legendary empress of her previous life, yet her husband bestowed poisoned wine upon her, and she died in disgrace. When she opened her eyes again, she had become A Yuan, a lowly palace maid sweeping the grounds in the Cold Palace, bullied at every turn. A sinister sacrificial blood curse marked her ankle: take no revenge, and her soul will be scattered. Her enemies were still living it up in high places, while her family remained branded as traitors. What was there to fear? She had already mastered the schemes of the imperial palace. The Noble Consort frames her? She turns the tables and makes her taste her own medicine. A powerful minister lays a trap? She places her pieces in advance and invites him right into it. The scumbag emperor grows suspicious? With a smile, she advances step by step, destroying everything he cares about. She thought no one knew about her lonely quest for revenge. Until Champion Marquis Huo Ling returned victorious from battle and cornered her in a secluded place, revealing a possessiveness and obsession she had never seen before: “A Shu... how much longer will you keep pretending? Whoever you are, wherever you go, in this life Huo Ling wishes to be only the sharpest sword in your hand, and the one road that will always lead you home.”