Pei Heng bribed a favored courtier to save her father, while her uncle offered her to that same courtier as a gift in hopes of a promotion.
Even worse, the courtier involved in both schemes turned out to be the very same man.
Pei Heng thought her life couldn't get any more miserable. Who would have guessed the courtier wouldn't want her beauty, but her brains instead?
Absolutely not!
There's no way she can let that happen!
The courtier tried every approach, soft and hard, until Pei Heng was cornered with nowhere to run. All she could do was shout, “Hey! My fate is mine to command, not Heaven's!”
