She was the legitimate daughter of the military Yun clan, and could have freely chosen any talented scholar at court she loved to become her husband. But when upheaval struck the palace, she had no choice but to enter it, so she could carry on her father’s legacy and restore the family’s former glory.
The palace was a treacherous place, forever beset by turmoil.
The Empress Dowager seized power, while her relatives grew more brazen by the day.
The feud between the Xue and Yuan clans would eventually come to an end.
Who would be next?
The emperor was cold and indifferent, and had never truly thought highly of her.
She was merely someone he summoned when he pleased and dismissed when he was done.
Only he seemed not to notice her pregnancy, promising that once everything was settled, he would treat the child in her womb as his own.
But his wife and his many favored concubines would never accept her.
The true causes of her father’s and Consort Li’s deaths shattered every beautiful illusion.
She alone knew what disgusting, ugly truths lay behind their alliances and apparent harmony.
Every favored consort and beloved concubine had several lives on her hands.
She was no exception.
After all, if she could start over, she might not regret it.
Between heaven and earth, she was nothing more than a lonely soul with no one to rely on.
