Rise of the Palace Maid

Shot top-to-bottom for smartphones, Rise of the Palace Maid is a underdog rise series where each episode plays like a single scroll-stopping scene. With 52 episodes lasting a minute or two, the whole story takes around 1 h 18 min to watch from start to finish. Read the synopsis below, then jump straight to episode one.

Zoe's mother was murdered by the noble Consort Li, and in order to seek justice for her mother, she entered the palace as a maid five years later. Over these five years, Zoe formed an alliance with the families of other victims who were innocently harmed by the consort, and together they orchestrated a plan to gradually reveal the consort's crimes. The long-standing grievances were finally avenged, and Zoe became the empress. Under her governance, the harem was disciplined and fair, and with her assistance, the people of the Yan Dynasty also lived in peace and prosperity.