A Guide to Rising Through the Ranks as the Eastern Palace’s Personal Maid

Li Hanning followed Li Zhao of Huai’an. She was enemies with Xiao Ce, the second son of the Prince of Luoyang. Yet this very foe found everything about her pleasing to the eye. “Hanning smiled at me.” “Xiao Xiuzi, why does Hanning try to assassinate me when she never goes after anyone else? Do you think she likes me?” “Hanning has come to Luoyang? She must be here to see me! What? She came with Li Zhao? Did she kidnap her master for my sake?” People say that love makes the beloved look like a beauty. No one expected the second son of the Prince of Luoyang to imagine an entire drama in his lovestruck eyes. When Xiao Ce fell for Li Hanning, her eyes were still filled with her lord, Li Zhao. That remained true until her lord got married. Only much later did she finally turn back and notice Xiao Ce, who had been waiting beneath the tree all along. Then, quite unexpectedly, their eyes met. This is the story of a girl who started as a lowly palace maid in the Eastern Palace, gradually rose through the ranks to become a female general, and finally became the empress he personally chose.