Ye Zhaozhao, daughter of the Grand Secretary, was skilled in medicine and martial arts, and the most beautiful woman of the Great Sheng Dynasty. She was also the only girl born into the Ye family in recent decades. She had three older brothers: her eldest brother, Ye Shengfeng, was commander of the imperial guards; her second brother, Ye Shengbei, inherited his maternal family’s business and became a highly successful merchant; and her third brother, Ye Shengnan, was the top scholar in the imperial examinations and awaited an official appointment from the emperor. The Ye family’s ancestral precepts demanded unwavering loyalty to the reigning emperor. Anyone who betrayed him would be cast out of the family records and meet a bad end. For the sake of her family’s honor, Ye Zhaozhao volunteered to tell her family she would enter the imperial selection. Amid the palace intrigues, she bore the emperor a pair of twins and a pair of boy-girl twins.
The male lead, Lu Sichen, was the new emperor of the Great Sheng Dynasty, handsome and elegant, skilled in both letters and arms. To keep powerful court officials in check, he held the first imperial selection of his reign. He took one look at Ye Zhaozhao and chose her. His heart had once been as still as water, but through their days and nights together, he gradually fell in love with this candid, outspoken young woman who loved and hated without reservation.
