Wei Langhua was once a darling of the heavens. A marriage contract should have led her safely into a distinguished family.
But at a spring banquet, she was set up. Her virtue was destroyed, and her future lay in ruins.
The prince hurriedly married her off to Wanzhong Heng, the son of a treacherous minister infamous for his ruthless, unpredictable nature.
Her youthful trust made her lose ground at every turn, until she was utterly defeated.
At twenty-five, she stopped accepting her fate.
She abandoned that gilded cage and climbed from the shadowy Dongzhu Pavilion to the Yuhua Palace, where power was wielded.
She made herself into a supple yet dangerous vine, wrapping, climbing, and strangling her way step by step into the very center of power.
The emperor, renowned for his cold and merciless nature, made an exception and stopped for her.
He watered her with his own hands, indulging her as she grew into a towering tree, until she stood shoulder to shoulder with him, immovable.
My sworn enemies...
It’s been a while.
Now it’s your turn to bow your heads to me.
