Inside the chancellor’s study, Lin Zhen’er and her mother clung to each other, weeping.
“I won’t! I won’t be empress! I don’t want to leave Mother!”
Chancellor Lin Tianming shook his head helplessly and ordered his servants to separate them.
Lin Zhen’er cried and wailed the whole way, but not a single tear fell from her face.
She knew she was only a stepping stone for her father and elder sister, but she wasn’t sad at all. She’d have food, drink, and servants waiting on her in the palace. Why wouldn’t she go?
So while pretending to be aggrieved with all her sobbing and whining, she resolved to become the happiest pawn in the Li Kingdom and make her sacrifice worthwhile.
Unfortunately, she met Pei Jinghao.
This man was an even better actor than she was. He saw through her little tricks at a glance, yet kept wanting to hold her hand every day.
What was wrong with him?
All she wanted was a quiet, comfortable life, but he was always thinking about love, which couldn’t be eaten or drunk. And she couldn’t afford to offend him.
Lin Zhen’er sighed at the sky, unable to cry even if she wanted to.
Why was it so hard to live a comfortable life?
The heroine is left feeling aggrieved.