Xie Yang died on the road to a political marriage.
That year, her father fell in battle and her older brother was crippled after a hard-won victory. Then he was falsely accused of treason, and the entire Zhen'nan Marquis's household met a terrible end.
When Xie Yang opened her eyes again, she was nine years old. Having seen through the fickleness of human nature and the emperor's hypocrisy, she wanted nothing to do with any of them. Stay away, all of you.
The emperor wants to strip the family of its power?
He must be bored. Let's give him something to do. How about introducing him to the empress dowager, who holds an edict to depose the emperor?
Her sworn enemy wants to become the foremost military clan?
Take it, take it all. Whoever wants to be the imperial family's thorn in its side can have the job.
Her relatives want to climb the ladder by stepping on the Zhen'nan Marquis's household? No problem. One family-destroying, lives-ruined package, coming right up.
Wait, how did our family accidentally become the prize everyone is scrambling to win over?
Sorry, everyone, we don't take sides. We're going it alone!
