Crown of Shadows: The Empress’s Revenge

Zhao Song, the daughter of a concubine in the Duke's household, is sent into the imperial palace in place of her sister. Thrust into a world of rival consorts and hidden alliances, she must navigate every glance and whisper just to survive. Her arrival stirs old grudges that run far deeper than anyone in the court is willing to admit, and she begins to suspect that her own place there was never an accident.