That year, the Yangzhou Sheng family's begonias declined very early. When Wei Xiaoniang took her last breath in a pool of blood, she held her sister's hand tightly: "Take Minglan away... Don't let her be chewed here until all her bones are left."
During a snowstorm, the strong-willed Aunt Wei broke into the Sheng family and forcibly took the eight-year-old Minglan away from the exquisite cage. From then on, the sixth girl of the Sheng family had another identity - the niece who was carefully raised by Quanzhou Wei Shuyi. What her aunt taught her was not the caution in the Sheng family's house, but poetry, medical science, understanding of human relations, and how to live with a straight spine.
The palace changes in the third year of Jianyuan changed the fate of countless people, and also rewritten the trajectory of the aunt and nephew. In the chaos of the army, they accidentally rescued the seriously injured clan general Zhao Zongquan. This love affair through adversity finally allowed Aunt Wei to remarry and become the mistress of the Zhao family, and Minglan also came into the sight of the nobles in the capital.
The Queen Mother especially liked this smart but genuine girl, and often called her into the palace to accompany her. For a time, "that cousin from the Zhao Mansion" became a hotly discussed figure in the capital. When the Sheng family met Minglan again, she was no longer the concubine who needed to hide her clumsiness to protect herself. Instead, she was a beautiful girl who could speak well in front of the Queen Mother, was favored by the Zhao family, and won a lot of praise at the polo field.
