Jiang Li's position as Crown Princess was stolen from her.
At her coming-of-age ceremony, the Crown Prince she was betrothed to appeared before everyone carrying a woman in plain clothes who had fainted. He said she had saved his life.
After that, things started to get strange.
The woman who had saved the Crown Prince was full of ideas no one had ever heard of. She predicted several natural disasters in a row, earning the emperor's favor, while rumors spread among the common folk that she was a goddess descended to the mortal world.
The Crown Prince, who had grown up with Jiang Li, insisted on breaking off their engagement, saying that Ning Shuer wanted to be the only one in her husband's heart for her entire life. The empress, who had long considered Jiang Li her future daughter-in-law, also dropped hints that she should know her place and give the Crown Princess position to Ning Shuer. Even the Empress Dowager, who had doted on her since childhood, talked of nothing but Ning Shuer, and every bowl of soup Jiang Li sent her was returned untouched.
The Empress Dowager was the only elder Jiang Li had who was anything like family, and the Crown Prince was the husband chosen for her long ago. Even if Ning Shuer weren't here today, there would be a Wang Shuer or a Li Shuer tomorrow. So Jiang Li decided to follow the Empress Dowager's advice and enter the Eastern Palace alongside Ning Shuer.
It wasn't until the decree ordering her to marry into a foreign royal family arrived that Jiang Li understood what the Crown Prince and Ning Shuer had done to get out of their engagement.
Red candles flickered as the fierce man from the enemy kingdom, infamous in the rumors, lifted the roughly stitched wedding veil. He raised a hand to grasp her chin, his tone unreadable. "I hear Qi has a goddess reincarnate."
"How do you compare to her?"
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