Palace maid Shuoning

Ancient Chinese romance + political intrigue + palace intrigue + strong female and male leads + mutual attraction + heart-wrenching drama
This is a high-stakes gamble with the fate of the nation at stake.
She won the bet and sent him to the throne.
She lost the bet, and she lost everything.
There is a mute servant in Changmen Palace who is the ninth prince, whose identity has been stripped.
Everyone can step on it, everyone can spit on it.
She handed him a bottle of medicine: "Don't die."
She taught him to kneel: "Only when your knees are weak can you live."
She fed him meat, saying, "Eat while kneeling. Only when you're full can you stand up."
He learned everything, one by one. He learned to kneel, to endure, to hide a knife in a smile, and to swallow his hatred, waiting for the day he could reclaim it with interest.
But what he couldn't learn was not to love her.
Later, when he ascended the throne, he became the sharpest weapon in her hands.
She said, "You can kill me now."
He said, "I've spent my whole life listening to you, and this is the first time I haven't."
She thought she was raising a blade.
In fact, she raised someone who was willing to die for her.