y/n was raised among courtesans, blessed with beauty but unwilling to use it, choosing to protect her chastity even when it cost her everything until she was cast out and left to survive alone on the streets; after being kidnapped and sold into the rear palace, she hides her intelligence behind the mask of a helpless servant, determined to stay unnoticed, but in a place filled with secrets, power, and danger, it won’t be long before something forces her true self into the truth she acts dumb she acts like she doesn’t understand so she doesn’t get sent off to be a lady in waiting she knew how to read and speak perfectly but she kept quiet like always she was smart but not for long …