The Duke of Jingguo’s household fell into ruin overnight. Wen Er, once the Great Zhou dynasty’s most treasured eldest princess, was dragged down with it and imprisoned at Qingliang Terrace.
After ten years in confinement, from childhood to adulthood, she emerged only to be sent off in a political marriage, promised to a decrepit old man with one foot in the grave...
“Think of the bigger picture. You should go!”
“As a princess of the imperial family, this is the duty you were born to fulfill!”
Bah!
What duty as a princess?
They didn’t care that she was the legitimate princess when they stripped her title.
Duty, my foot. Let it all go to hell!
Wen Er only wanted to live peacefully with her mother. To make that happen, she sought protection from the powerful Nine-Thousand-Year-Old Lord.
She only meant to find herself a powerful patron. How did she accidentally end up as another country’s princess consort?
She was careful and lived simply, yet still managed to offend people.
Shen Jue waved his hand grandly. “How can someone of mine get by without even the ability to stir up trouble?”
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Is that really what you want from me?
Not bad, but whose child is the author's heroine carrying?