[Strong Female Lead + Crown Princess + Everyone Protects the Beloved One + Mutual Secret Crush + Satisfying Political Intrigue]
Everyone in the capital said that Princess Tianning of Yuluan Hall was the great misfortune of the palace. The Empress Dowager punished her, the Emperor abandoned her, and neither her birth mother the Empress nor her maternal grandfather the Chancellor cared for her or wanted her around.
Even her fiancé, the heir of the Marquis of Cheng'en, dared to humiliate her in public, saying, "I would rather marry a commoner's daughter than a caged bird!"
Everyone was waiting to laugh at the useless princess.
But in the next moment, the Emperor ordered the entire Marquis of Cheng'en's household seized and searched.
The world did not know that the Empress Dowager's so-called punishment, copying texts, was merely a respectable excuse to have Princess Tianning secretly review memorials late at night.
The Empress's devotion to vegetarianism and prayer was meant to draw the eyes of the realm away from her daughter.
The Noble Consort Ling's exclusive favor and the Crown Prince's brash, domineering ways were all shields meant to protect her.
Princess Tianning, Rong Zhaoyuan, was never a useless, abandoned pawn. She was the true heir the Emperor had kept hidden for sixteen years!
And Li Chong Sui, the Chancellor's adopted grandson, whom his maternal grandfather had carefully groomed to become Grand Secretary, was the blade honed for twenty years to help Rong Zhaoyuan ascend the throne!
He bowed before her as her subject, treasuring a heart full of love that he dared not speak of.
Li Chong Sui smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. After all, we'll be together for the rest of our lives. We have the rest of our lives to say some things."
