What Do You Know? The Imperial Marriage Decree Came at Just the Right Time

Before the late emperor passed away, he left two safeguards for the six-year-old young emperor: first, he appointed Zhaoyan as the Grand Princess Who Assists the State, giving her authority to govern the court; second, he issued an imperial edict betrothing the Grand Princess Zhaoyan to Gu Shike, the Taiwei’s second son. Most people thought it was a political marriage, but the young emperor knew it wasn’t…

[The veil went up on the wrong bride, but what a jackpot (How could her marrying the wrong man while I played the fool not be a match made in heaven?), the younger generation’s story]