Wei Wanqing was the legitimate daughter of a ducal household, yet a power struggle within the imperial family forced her to marry Prince Kang as his second wife.
On their wedding night, with red candles blazing and blessings of prosperity all around, she gazed at her handsome, refined husband, and felt a hopeful flutter in her heart.
Prince Kang was kind and considerate. Surely life with him would not be as miserable as her mother feared.
It was only when she lost the child in her womb and he brought home his beloved concubine and son, who had been living away from the estate, that she realized how naive she had been.
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Everyone knew that Prince Kang's second wife, Lady Wei, was gentle and virtuous. People praised her whenever she was mentioned.
The only flaw was that from the time she was Prince Wei's consort to the time she became Empress Wei, she never bore her husband a child.
When her mother-in-law tried to admonish her, she had barely begun before Lady Wei turned deathly pale and knelt to beg forgiveness. "Your daughter-in-law is not blessed with good fortune. I have no face to stand before Your Majesties. I hereby ask to shave my head and become a nun..."
With a thud, her smooth forehead struck the cold golden bricks, and Prince Kang's heart broke along with it.
Only now did he realize that his gentle, quiet wife harbored such deep resentment toward him.
His second wife, Lady Wei, was perfect in every way, except that her status was a little too high.
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Struggles for imperial power have always ensnared countless people.
After Prince Wei ascended the throne, his sons inevitably began competing against one another, openly and in secret. The court and inner palace were on edge, each side vying for influence. The empress's Qianniu Palace became the only place where he could find peace.
The one thing that irritated him was how she kept finding ways to put women at his side.
"Since I married into the prince's household, Your Majesty has not had another child. I..."
Years had passed, and her lovely face had grown even more radiant. Tears streamed down her cheeks. The emperor seemed to be back on the day she had asked to be stripped of her title as consort. He hurriedly pulled her into his arms. "There, there. That was so many years ago. Zitong, don't bring it up again. Those few rascals already keep me on edge every single day. If there are any more, I'll be joining the late emperor before long."
His large hand, adorned with a jade thumb ring, lovingly caressed the flat belly of the woman in his arms. Her long, thick lashes fluttered down shyly as a cold blade swiftly cut across the still surface of the lake.
It was time to liven things up.
Content warning: The male lead is a second-time husband! He has a child! He's not chaste! He is not chaste!
Theme: Sincerity must be met with sincerity. Only when you are true can I be true.
King Kang's children are really bad. Did he completely indulge them before? After that, if he really ascends the throne and becomes emperor, even the prince's virtue will not be worthy of being crown prince. If the heroine cannot leave the palace, it is best to support her children to rise to power.
At present, there is nothing about Kang Wang that can make the heroine like him. Judging from the writing, the heroine will not be able to keep the child later, which is too unhappy.
Support the rise of the Duke of Qi, and the royal family will go away.
King Kang's queen mother was really confused. It was better for her second son to marry a noble girl than to the King of Qin. She also wanted to suppress the heroine and marry a girl from her natal family to cause trouble, even if she married her natal niece to an outsider to give the prince a helper.
It is suspected that King Kang's clairvoyance was also done for his private soldiers. He was so active in planning for his brother that he didn't even know his son was crooked.
Wan'er is not tempted, it is good to treat the princess and queen as a career, let King Kang worry about the gains and losses.
The copy said "the beloved son of a concubine living abroad", it couldn't be Cui Lan's mother and son. As mentioned earlier, Cui Lan was pregnant with King Kang's first child, but the child died in a riot before he was born. Could it be that he was not dead? This baby will be older than the prince when he is born.
Treat King Kang as your leader, don't fall in love with him, it's not worth it, just sit there eating melon and watching a show with his whole family jumping up and down
King Kang was secretive and busy with the prince's affairs outside. The prince did not look like someone who would treat his heroes and brothers favorably after he ascended the throne.
I really annoy King Kang. When will the heroine find someone who can support her and get rid of those minions at once. Anyway, catering to King Kang will only make you feel cowardly. It's better to offend him completely.