You Forced Me to Be a Concubine, Yet the Heir Dotes on Me Night After Night. What Are You So Worried About?

As a concubine-born daughter of the marquis's household, Yun Tang was treated worse than a maid.

At last, her father noticed her and arranged for her to become the principal wife of a newly appointed examination graduate.

Though his official rank was low, the graduate was an upright man, and becoming his principal wife promised a bright future.

Just as Yun Tang was looking forward to the marriage, her legitimate elder sister, who had been unable to conceive after years of marriage to the heir, forced her to become a bedchamber woman.

Her sister seemed gentle and virtuous, but was actually ruthless. She only wanted Yun Tang to bear her a child.

She forced Yun Tang to sleep with the heir and threatened to send her to a brothel to be abused if she failed to conceive.

But if Yun Tang did have a child, her sister would kill the mother and keep the child, leaving Yun Tang just as dead.

Unwilling to die, Yun Tang began carefully plotting her way up.

At first, in the eyes of the heir, Xiao Muchen, Yun Tang was nothing more than a plaything someone had forced into his bed by any means necessary.

She was obedient, charming, and occasionally useful for his amusement.

When he caught glimpses of her little schemes and saw her use petty tricks, he thought it was harmless.

Only on the day he ascended the throne did he hear the news of her death outside the city and realize that she was like a seed that had taken root in his heart without his knowing, growing into a towering tree that could no longer be uprooted.

From a lowly concubine-born daughter to the pinnacle of power.

Years later, Yun Tang once more wore her phoenix crown. Standing on the steps of the Jiaofang Palace, she gazed toward the Cold Palace and smiled. The road had been perilous, with countless brushes with death and heart-stopping turns, but in the end, she had won.