The eldest daughter of the Yehe household eloped with someone, and she became the unlucky one who had to take her place in the selection of palace women.
She would have been fine with it if she hadn't been chosen, but as luck would have it, the emperor took a liking to her green dress and bestowed upon her the title of Noble Lady.
She somehow found herself in the palace, became a consort, and won the emperor's favor.
People say an emperor's heart is impossible to fathom.
But she fell in love with that unfathomable heart anyway.
She did not know that the harem had an ironclad rule: once you fall in love, you've already lost.
She lost, and lost completely.
Later, when she was the most favored woman in the harem, someone asked her, "You clearly lost. How did you manage to turn things around?"
She smiled like a flower in full bloom. "I won by not loving him..."
