Zhou Kingdom, Imperial Capital.
Ever since the news broke that the imperial palace was recruiting maids, people throughout the Zhou Kingdom had begun to scheme.
Especially the common folk of the Imperial Capital, right under the Son of Heaven's nose.
Aside from ordinary families, plenty of wealthy households wanted to send their daughters into the palace.
After all, if their daughters caught His Majesty's eye, then even becoming a concubine, a talented lady, or even a female official would be a fine outcome.
But there were only so many women who could be selected for the palace.
So aside from choosing some truly promising women, many people paid the palace maids sent out to recruit, hoping their daughters could get in.
Of course, ordinary women could also register with a local female official on their own. If they passed the official's preliminary selection, they could enter the harem for the final assessment, though the odds were extremely slim.
On this day.
Si Li changed into a clean, plain outfit, adopted a new identity, and once more headed to the residence where the preliminary selection of palace maids was being held.
This time, however, Si Li was in a foul mood.
The reason was that she had recently been rejected once.
At the time, Si Li had been utterly baffled.
The identity she had fabricated was spotless, her manners beyond reproach, and she was beautiful. Her figure was even more impressive.
As Si Li understood it, when mortal dynasties selected palace maids, a clean background was most important, followed by looks and figure, since the maids would serve the Emperor.
So Si Li couldn't understand how she could have been rejected.
What about her didn't measure up?
How could those women be prettier than her?
Unwilling to accept it, Si Li