The Xue family helped him ascend the throne, on the condition that he marry her.
Yet in the year since their wedding, he had never set foot in her chambers.
Then, one day, he announced to the world that he was bringing her chronically ill younger sister into the harem.
She thought they would never see each other again, but he changed his ways and began treating her with tenderness.
Was it the revenge of an emperor?
Or the calamity the Xue family was destined to face?
She said she wouldn't hate him, but she could not forget one grievance after another.
“Then let the little boat drift away, and entrust the rest of my life to rivers and seas.”
They met because of these words. In the end, they realized that all either of them had ever wanted was a conclusion like this.
The author's writing is excellent; I really like it.