A Delicate Palace Maid Rises Step by Step to Become Empress

[Palace intrigue/Not a clean romance/Later-stage exclusive favor/Not a strong female lead, the female lead cries easily! She's not particularly intelligent! Don't have too high expectations!] Yue Li has been in the palace for three years, anxiously awaiting a promotion. On the eve of her promotion, her roommate was ordered to be beaten to death for offending a concubine. That night, thunder roared, blood splattered everywhere, and Yue Li was too frightened to sleep. Even as a head palace maid, she had to obey her mistress's words, endure her mistress's displeasure, and even endure her mistress's beatings and scoldings. Knowing her lowly status, she dared not complain, only hoping to endure a few more years until she could finally be released from the palace. But an accident occurred, and she stumbled into the emperor's arms...