Three years ago, the entire Yin family was executed for poisoning the Grand Empress Dowager.
Three years later, Yin Sui'an, the sole surviving daughter of the Yin family, changed her appearance and entered the palace as the daughter of a minor official from a border city, becoming one of the lowest-ranking beauties.
She entered the palace for one reason only.
To find the true culprit who framed the Yin family and clear the names of her wronged kin.
But she never expected that Duan Mingye, the legendary cold-blooded and ruthless emperor, would fix his gaze on her.
The more she tried to keep her head down and endure, the more he insisted on raising her to the highest position.
She cured the hidden chronic illness he never revealed to anyone, and in return he promised her his exclusive favor in the imperial harem and vengeance against anyone who wronged her.
Consort Zhao plots to frame her? Strip her of her title and take away her authority in the palace.
Consort Zhou uses someone else to commit murder? Expose her in front of everyone and banish her to the Cold Palace.
Prince Duan's rebellion brings the old case back into question? At a palace banquet, the emperor himself lays out the bloody evidence from three years ago.
“The Yin family was loyal and righteous to the last. The people of this realm shall respect and cherish my empress.”
She had thought the emperor's affection was only a means to an end, until she discovered that he had secretly saved her life three years earlier.
From then on, he had patiently laid his plans, waiting for her to enter the palace.
[Native-Born Historical Setting + Not a Strong Female Lead + Palace Intrigue and Household Battles + Slow Pace + Revenge + Marriage Before Love + Historical Romance]
[A Patient, Clever Physician's Daughter × A Cold, Obsessive Emperor]
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