Bai Xiang was sold into the marquis's household as a servant when she was young. Her extraordinary beauty helped her win the favor of Zheng Pei, the young master of the estate.
But after Zheng Pei's family arranged a marriage for him, she was sold to a brothel. She killed a man and fled!
Later, she met Prince Jin, who was captivated by her looks, and Bai Xiang seized the chance to attach herself to him.
Call it love at first sight, or being dazzled by beauty.
Zhao Heng knew only that, as he lay dying, she was the person he could least bear to part with.
He still cherished the little bit of genuine affection she had finally come to feel for him.
Before the late emperor's coffin, Bai Xiang wielded her young son’s authority to keep the court officials in check.
As empress dowager, she ruled from behind the scenes and took control of the court.
When officials invoked “the late emperor's old laws, which we dare not change without permission,” Bai Xiang sometimes felt a fleeting pang of nostalgia.
But anyone who tried to use the late emperor to constrain her deserved to die!
