In the Great Yong Dynasty, Shen Qingwu, the eldest legitimate daughter of the Duke Who Guards the Nation, had twice failed to secure a match by the age of 22 because people said the general's fate was too hard and she would bring misfortune to her husband. At 25, after returning triumphantly from the northern frontier, her aunt, the Empress Dowager, arranged her marriage to her sickly cousin, the emperor, Xiao Yanzhi. The heroine defies the imperial edict and bargains for the position of empress, but ultimately enters the palace as a Noble Consort, beginning a chaotic life in the imperial harem...
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.
