Shattered Jade in the Palace

When her older sister falls ill, Jiang Yingrong takes her place in the palace selection. She thinks she is only there to go through the motions, since everyone knows the candidates for this selection have already been chosen. But the emperor picks her. After entering the palace, she learns from other people’s conversations that she may be nothing more than a substitute. She and the emperor go through all manner of trials together, and she rises from a low-ranking concubine to empress. But can an emperor’s love truly last?