She is the brightest jewel of the Great Yin dynasty: Shen Yunshu, the legitimate eldest daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's household, the beloved niece of the Grand Princess, and the one childhood friend who holds the new emperor, Xiao Jingheng, completely in her heart.
By imperial decree, she bypasses the selection and is made Noble Consort, taking up residence in Zhaoyang Hall, a palace rivaling the empress's own. The emperor's favor is passionate and utterly undisguised: gifts pour in without end, he spends every night in Zhaoyang Palace, and she alone among the six palaces is excused from paying her respects morning and evening with the excuse that “the Noble Consort is frail.” He knows how proud she is at heart and indulges every little whim. In the cold palace walls, he builds her the most luxurious nest of tenderness.
Her illustrious family is her confidence, and the emperor's special favor is her sharpest blade. When the empress grows jealous and the concubines scheme against her, she need only brush it off lightly; the emperor will sweep away every obstacle with thunderous force. Her father and brothers are her ironclad support, while the Grand Princess is the pillar that steadies her in the palace. She is the darling of everyone, but no fragile flower grown in a hothouse.
Yet beneath the emperor's favor, currents run deep. Accusations that a “wicked consort has brought ruin to the state” echo through the court, while poisonous plots in the harem follow one after another. When she becomes pregnant with the imperial heir and a target for all, when her father and brothers are framed on the distant frontier, when the hidden hand behind it all seeks to overturn the realm... Shen Yunshu finally understands that an emperor's love is both supreme glory and a storm of devastating proportions.
Watch how a noblewoman, once adored as a pampered darling, is tempered amid blood and violence into a golden branch who can stand shoulder to shoulder with the emperor. In a court and harem full of treacherous twists, she outmaneuvers her foes with wit, uses the emperor's favor as a shield, and wins his promise to love only her for a lifetime.
The eunuch in bright yellow clothes, the eldest princess sitting in a bright yellow phoenix chariot with a dragon curtain, and two characters who clearly intend to rebel next to the emperor appear in the first two chapters, so it is difficult to comment.
I thought it was a conspiracy, but when I look at it, it feels like fantasy.