[Household intrigue + palace intrigue + political scheming]
A heroine who grows stronger, not blinded by love.
She should have been the prime minister's eldest legitimate daughter. But after her father abandoned his first wife, she was forced to become the second legitimate daughter of the household.
“Better a peaceful life than a cage in the imperial palace.” That was her mother's lifelong wish.
The world was so unjust, peace so hard to attain, and true devotion so often repaid with betrayal.
Only the highest seat in the capital could decide who lived or died. Why not gamble everything on a chance to claim it?
She planned carefully, one step at a time.
Not one of those who drove her mother to die of grief would escape.
The gentle and refined Crown Prince, with the best chance of rising to the highest seat.
The carefree, sunny young lord from a marquis's household.
The Crown Prince's tutor, full of schemes.
With schemes and false affection, whom should she ally herself with, and whose hand should she take?
Standing atop the summit of power, she looked back. Who, in the end, was the one who could give her peace?
