The Pampered Bedchamber Maid

[Historical romance + simmering tension + household intrigue + a maid's struggle to survive] Hua Zhao was the lowest-ranking laboring maid in the Duke of Ning's residence. All she wanted was a quiet life, but an accident cost her her virtue. From then on, she lived in constant fear. In a grand household, every step was perilous. Above her, the masters schemed against one another; below her, cruel servants fawned on the powerful and bullied the weak. Life was difficult for an ordinary maid, let alone someone like her, who was no longer pure. As she lay on the brink of death, the second young master, a celebrated war hero, said, “I was the one who took her virtue.” From then on, red candles burned as old accounts were settled. The general's son climbed into her bed night after night.