Empress Cui Lingyi of Mingxian was the second empress of Shen Yan, Emperor Jiaqing of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the niece of the late Empress Wende.
Cui Lingyi is the daughter of the late general and the sister of the hussar general. After her father and brother died in the war, she single-handedly supported the second wife of the Cui family. She was smart and tolerant.
Empress Shuhui was critically ill, and Emperor Jiaqing issued an order to summon Cui Lingyi to the palace to attend to her illness. Empress Shuhui was worried about Cui Lingyi and wanted to show Cui Lingyi a worthy marriage before she died. However, due to various reasons, Cui Lingyi's marriage failed. By chance, Cui Lingyi slowly came into the sight of Emperor Jiaqing Shen Yan. Her intelligence, forbearance, and beauty gradually attracted Emperor Jiaqing Shen Yan...
