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In the eighteenth year of Tonghe, the embezzlement case of Song Wenquan, Vice Minister of Personnel, came to light. The emperor was furious, and the entire Song family was stripped of its possessions and exiled.
From then on, the Song family's second daughter became a shadowy presence in Prince Duan's villa in the capital.
The Song family of the capital was a distinguished clan of upright officials.
Song Meiyao was raised in the inner chambers, sheltered from the ways of the world.
The night before her coming-of-age ceremony, her family collapsed overnight. She and her younger sister were hurriedly sent away and settled in a villa.
A month later, she learned that the villa belonged to Zhao Jing, the emperor's third son, the current Prince Duan.
After receiving no word from her family for months and having nowhere else to turn, Song Meiyao asked him to stay.
That night, by the flickering candlelight, Song Meiyao slipped off her outer robe. Her fingertips trembled as she reached for Prince Duan's lapel.
Three days later, Prince Duan sent word from her family.
Her heart, held in suspense for so many days, slowly settled. Song Meiyao finally came to her senses, then glanced at the stubborn red marks on her pale wrist. Remembering that reckless night, her eyes suddenly reddened.
In the twentieth year of Tonghe, the Song family was exonerated, and Song Wenquan was reinstated.
At the end of that year, Prince Duan Zhao Jing was named crown prince, and Song Meiyao was granted a marriage as his secondary consort.
Life in the Eastern Palace was no different from life in the villa.
One day, Song Meiyao took a maid to the front courtyard to deliver soup.
A voice came from inside the room. Song Meiyao stopped, and just as she was about to turn away, she faintly heard the words "the Song family."
As she hesitated, she heard a clear remark: "Lord Song seems to have grown suspicious about what happened back then."
P.S. Palace intrigue, the male lead is not chaste.
Villa: 30%, secondary consort: 15%, harem: 55%
[Saved on 2025.12.17]
Theme: People must take responsibility for what they have done
