Household and palace intrigue, with devoted couples on both sides.
An alternate world, not intended to be historically accurate.
A heroine who seeks power, and a love-struck hero who makes the perfect support.
One is a crown prince sent to Yue as a hostage by his father, who wants to secure his own throne.
The other is offered up by her father to curry favor with the imperial house, but by a twist of fate, she becomes the crown prince’s consort.
She will claim the power her father wants for himself.
If her father doesn’t care about her chastity, then he clearly doesn’t care about his own reputation either.
She will protect the people the empress risked her life to save. Debts of gratitude must be repaid, and power must be fought for.
Whether the crown prince loves or hates her doesn’t matter.
Whether he is kind or cruel, she will marry him.
The crown prince may accept his fate, but the crown princess refuses to.
