Willow Catkins Fill the City, While Longing Goes Unspoken

She had the beauty women envied, but that beauty was not hers. It was merely the spoils claimed by the victor in a struggle for power~~ She had a noble reputation known throughout the land, yet she was a voiceless, invisible puppet pulled by strings~~ She had the most, the finest, and the most dashing imperial consorts, but none of them loved her. Worse, they all coveted her crumbling, precarious realm day and night~~ Take them, take them all. After all, she was the Yan Crown Princess who knew nothing! But who could say whether the things she gave them would ultimately bring them safe, long lives