Synopsis: Amid the flourishing prosperity of the State of Chu, Chu Liangyue wants only to find a place for herself and live on, carrying her deep longing for her mother in her heart.
Forced to marry an unloved prince from another kingdom, Chu Liangyue is cold by nature. It makes no difference to her whom she marries. The marriage is merely a way to silence her father and the opposition.
If Father Liu had not promised to free her mother, Chu Liangyue would never have given in. No one gets to threaten her.
Seeing a man whose experiences resemble her own, she thinks that joining forces might be the best way to resolve their predicament. So she follows her family’s arrangements and marries him.
She secretly gives birth to a child, who takes her surname. He goes off to live carefree days with his beloved, while she raises the child and carves out a future for them, until one day...
A maid’s anguished cry reaches her ears: “Miss, I’m afraid the State of Chu is doomed!”
Chu Liangyue leaps to her feet, her phoenix eyes blazing with fury. “What?”
Tall and striking, with a singular air of authority, she stands apart even among men.
“It’s the prince. The prince, he...”
Seeing Xiaocui burst into tears, Chu Liangyue asks, “What happened to the prince?”
Xiaocui slowly regains her composure. “The prince may have something to do with this!”
Chu Liangyue looks at the powerful ministers gathered before her. Every one of them has their head bowed, whispering among themselves. “I’ve kept a pack of useless fools all this time. Every one of you will survive this!”
She drives the pen in her hand into the desk before her. As everyone stares at the deeply embedded brush, they immediately prostrate themselves. “Princess, please calm your anger. We will swiftly discuss a countermeasure!”
“Get to it!” Chu Liangyue yanks out the brush and tucks it into her belt. The desk instantly splits into pieces, and not one of the assembled nobles dares make a sound.
Chu Liangyue clenches her fists and begins discussing their plans with the ministers...
This story is purely fictional. Any resemblance to actual events is purely coincidental!
