The Grand Princess: Beyond the Vast Sea

According to The Great Zhao Annals of Eternal Stability:

[Year 29 of Yuan'an]

A crisis erupted at the Moonlit Pavilion on the Sea.

Crown Prince Duanhui died.

Shen Fuguang lost his sight.

Empress Huining suffered a postpartum hemorrhage after giving birth prematurely.

Princess Duanhua voluntarily confined herself to the Imperial Radiance Terrace and did not leave for eight years.

[Year 37 of Yuan'an]

Empress Jiang Wanyue, the new empress, launched a coup.

Emperor Yuan'an was strangled to death.

Princess Duanhua turned the tide and helped the eight-year-old Emperor Yongding ascend the throne.

[Year 1 of Yongding]

Grand Princess Duanhua married Gu Yankai and made him her consort, entrusting him with regency and state affairs.

[Year 7 of Yongding]

A crisis erupted at Que Pass. The Gu father and son died in battle.

[Year 8 of Yongding]

Imperial Tutor Shen Fuguang and the Second Prince, Xiao Nanchuan, plotted rebellion…