★This book is a phenomenal "ancient costume palace intrigue" work on China’s mainstream reading platforms. It has garnered 7.23 million readers, over 2 million real-time followers, monthly sales exceeding 100,000 copies on a single channel, a peak concurrent readership of over 500,000, and maintains a stable rating of over 9/10 across multiple platforms!

★The core story revolves around Fu Qingzhi, the daughter of a powerful minister, who enters the palace for the imperial selection. It narrates her counterattack journey in the dangerous harem: relying on wisdom to see through conspiracies, balancing power and emotions, and ultimately growing from "a minister’s daughter to be guarded against" into "a virtuous empress immortalized in history." The thematic core explores the struggle for survival and self-growth of women in the deep palace, with delicate emotions and strong narrative tension.

★Outstanding potential for film and television adaptation! This work is in the same vein as the globally popular palace drama "Legend of Zhen Huan" — which has captivated audiences across multiple countries and been translated into over ten languages — featuring similar ancient court settings and compelling power-struggle storylines. Perfect for adaptation into both long-running TV series and short-form dramas, with strong commercial appeal and development value.

★Impressive performance of derivative copyrights: The audiobook has exceeded 60 million plays on Ximalaya, covering a wide audience and proving the story’s cross-media appeal.

Her eyes can penetrate deceitful schemes, yet she cannot fully fathom the changes in human hearts;

His hands hold the fate of all living beings under heaven, yet he only wishes to grasp a few genuine affections.

How far is the distance from being a minister’s daughter guarded against by the emperor to becoming a virtuous empress remembered throughout history?

Fu Qingzhi, the daughter of a powerful minister, is thrust into the palace’s imperial selection due to her family’s influence, but becomes "someone to be wary of" in the emperor’s mind. Upon entering the palace, she immediately faces betrayal from sisters, harassment from other concubines, and is drawn into power struggles because of her family background — the emperor both fears and tests her, while her family elders hope she will use this opportunity to stabilize the clan’s status. Her only wish is to protect herself in this treacherous deep palace.

From initially navigating various trials with trepidation to gradually seeing through the harem’s rules and exposing conspiracies, Fu Qingzhi resolves crises time and again with calm wisdom: she balances conflicts between concubines by leveraging their strengths against each other, avoids the emperor’s sharp edges with forbearance, and upholds her principles amid the tug-of-war between her family and imperial power. Along the way, she and the emperor move from mutual suspicion to gradual tacit understanding, with emotions quietly growing amid power games.

When foreign relatives’ forces stir restlessly and the harem’s undercurrents intensify, Fu Qingzhi maneuvers among all parties as a "virtuous empress." She not only defends her family’s reputation but also calms disputes with wisdom and assists the emperor in stabilizing the court. In the end, she not only establishes a firm foothold in the harem but also gains respect with her benevolence, leaving her name in history.

Set against the backdrop of the imperial palace, the story focuses on women’s self-awakening and growth in adversity. The plot is tight and concise, emotions are delicate without being melodramatic, featuring both the thrill of power struggles and a warm, healing foundation.

A Visit
The Imperial Edict
The Imperial Selection
Pearls
Palace Chambers
Sincere Feelings
Outside the Palace
Entering the Palace
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