Her maternal grandfather, General Zhenyuan, and his entire family were falsely accused of treason. More than three hundred members of the family were executed. Her mother was devastated and, in her grief, was pushed into the Mirror Lake on their estate.
As the legitimate daughter of a prince’s household, Chu Xiangnan was immediately branded an idiot. With her mother gone and no one to protect her, she was cruelly abused by her father’s family for ten years.
Then she died, and was reborn.
To uncover the truth, Chu Xiangnan abandoned her former gentle, virtuous nature. She competed with her younger sister for a man, tossed her grandmother into a pond, and saved her grandfather’s family with a single document.
A useless prince living in seclusion sought the hand of the prince’s legitimate daughter, hoping to secure protection and a place to survive amid the court’s treacherous power struggles. Instead, he was dragged into the battle for the throne.
When the prince’s household’s golden invitation became a thing of the past amid the fireworks, and everything had finally settled, Chu Xiangnan gently took the hand of the new ruler of Daliang and accepted the people’s adoration!
