When I entered the palace, Consort Yigui was scolding the servants.

She was wielding a whip, her eyebrows furrowed, viciously striking the palace maidens and cursing at them without any reservation.

"A group of useless people! This palace has raised you for so long, and it was all in vain!"

"If you don't learn the Feng Qiu Huang within three days, I will have all of you beaten to death!"

The palace maids knelt on the ground, trembling and pale, but not daring to speak up.

Because they all knew in their hearts: "Feng Qiu Huang" was the number one dance in the world.

The reason why "Feng Qiu Huang" was known as the number one dance in the world, besides its breathtaking figure and dance moves, was because of the extreme difficulty of the dance.

Since the dancer who created "Feng Qiu Huang" passed away, no one had been able to reproduce the extraordinary charm of this dance.

Yet the current emperor happened to like this dance, and Consort Yigui had been trying all means to learn this dance to win the emperor's favor.

At this moment, Consort Yigui was becoming increasingly angry. She viciously kicked the row of palace maids knelt on the ground:

"Truly useless trash!"

The palace maids looked at each other, their eyes filled with despair.

At this moment, the nanny who brought me into the palace pulled me forward and bowed to Consort Yigui:

"Noble Consort, the person you wanted, this servant has found her for you..."

Consort Yigui was suddenly stunned, then stared at me intently.

A pair of narrow eyes carried scrutiny and appraisal: "Hmm? It's her?"

After receiving the nanny's confirmation, Consort Yigui reached out and slowly lifted my chin, with a strange light in her eyes: "Lowly servant, can you dance the Feng Qiu Huang?"

I made a hoarse "wawa" sound, using sign language to indicate that I was mute.

The nanny on the side also explained repeatedly, "Noble Consort, forgive me. When the servant found her, she was indeed mute. However, the servant has already tested her, and she is indeed the last person in the world who can dance that dance."

A smile appeared on the corner of Consort Yigui's lips: "Mute? It's a bit interesting."

"Quick, dance for me."

I, like a peasant girl, hastily got up and after bowing to Consort Yigui, I awkwardly tiptoed and started to dance the frequently-rehearsed dance.

White snow, red dress, plain jacket, haunting melody...

After the dance, a gleam of light could be seen in Consort Yigui's eyes.

She watched me with great interest, murmuring to herself:

"A mute, who can dance Feng Qiu Huang... but just looks too enchanting..."

Suddenly, Consort Yigui raised her head and looked at me: "What's your name, little mute?"

I dumbly raised a hand and wrote a few words in the snow with my bloodied fingertips:

"Plain Jacket."

"Plain Jacket?"

"Not a bad name, just that this person looks more enchanting than her name..."

Consort Yigui bit her finger, smiling as she looked at me:

"Little mute, do you want to stay by this Consort's side?"

I nodded repeatedly in a daze.

But the next second, Consort Yigui took out a sharp knife and handed it to me:

"You can stay by this Consort's side if you want.

"But the condition is that you must first destroy that enchanting face of yours..."

In the midst of the heavy snow, Consort Yigui laughed wantonly and arrogantly.

I didn't hesitate, took the knife from Consort Yigui and ruthlessly slashed my own face a dozen times.

The piercing pain made my lips turn pale, my body trembling, but I didn't make a sound.

The fresh blood dripped onto the snowy ground, leaving Consort Yigui momentarily stunned.

She looked at me with suspicion, paused for a long time, and asked me, "Little mute, why?"

I smiled, knelt in the snow, and wrote with my bloodied fingertips:

"This servant would rather use beauty to exchange for a lifetime of wealth and glory."

Wealth and power is what truly moves people's hearts.

Consort Yigui naturally understood this principle.

She was the most favored consort in the harem, and in all likelihood, she would become the empress in the future.

By following her, I would at least be able to become the leader of the palace maids.

So she didn't think any further, and laughed heartily:

"I didn't expect you, this little mute, to have quite the eye.

"As long as you teach this Consort Feng Qiu Huang, this Consort will naturally not ignore your good fortune!"

As I looked at her unrestrained laughter, I secretly sneered.

Consort Yigui probably never anticipated:

I'm not actually mute.

The reason why I pretended to be mute was just to confuse her.

She once asked me who I learned Feng Qiu Huang from.

I replied to her, "This servant was born with some talent for dancing, and after seeing the score, I learned it..."

But she didn't know:

My dancing skills were taught to me by the dancer whom she had wronged and led to her death.