After Three Years as a Slave, the Whole Household Wept and Begged for My Forgiveness

Su Yunshu had been the cherished darling of her family since childhood, but everything changed after Zheng Mingwei entered the household. For the sake of another man's daughter, her own father and brother tormented their own flesh and blood until she was barely human. They let her suffer injustice, then sent her to the palace as a servant, where she spent three whole years washing chamber pots. Her own brother paid a great deal of money and specifically instructed people to give her a proper “welcome.” The hands that had once held a writing brush became covered in chilblains from washing chamber pots through the winter. The proud spirit she had cultivated through reading so many books had long since been worn away by the palace nobles. Even a eunuch with a little real power could make her kneel before him. At long last, she was allowed to leave the palace. Enduring the pain, Su Yunshu kowtowed step by step through the streets on her way home, hoping only to fulfill her filial duty to her mother. But she discovered that her mother had died two years ago, and Zheng Mingwei's mother had taken her place as mistress of the household. Seeing the contemptuous expressions on her father's and brother's faces, Su Yunshu turned and walked straight into the Eastern Palace. Because only that person would stroke her head and tell her...