At night, two maids were lying side by side in a small room within the Palace of Jin De, their sobbing barely audible.

Jiang Xiaoqu, a naturally timid girl, felt even more vulnerable now that she was in the harem without any support. Imperial Concubine De, her superior, was not easy to get along with. The more she thought about her bleak future, the more she couldn't help but bury her face in the quilt and cry, her cheeks turning red.

Beside her, the bolder maid, ...