Marrying into the Eastern Palace

Bai Shuyao came from a powerful family and was chosen as crown princess from the moment she was born. Whoever she liked would become the crown prince.

But the crown prince was an ungrateful wretch. As soon as he seized power, he couldn't wait to depose her and have her drugged and sent to the Cold Palace.

Reborn, Bai Shuyao decisively broke off the engagement!

To get her revenge, she decided to topple the ungrateful wretch and help the Fourth Prince, the one he despised most, take the throne.

The Fourth Prince, gifted with rare talent, lived up to her expectations.

The crown prince was executed, and the new emperor took the throne. He asked her what reward she wanted.

Bai Shuyao smiled brightly.

She had already thought it through: she would ask the emperor to make her a princess of a different surname and arrange a marriage for her, so she could choose a consort!

She had already picked someone, too: a handsome, refined young nobleman. She had even secretly given him an embroidered handkerchief as a token, just waiting for the imperial edict so she could win her man.

But the new emperor had only been asking out of politeness. He didn't give her a chance to speak, and with a single irrevocable decree, decided her future for her: "Xiao Bai, be my empress."

Zhao Xun had never understood love, not until he saw the clever, decisive young woman shyly hand her sweetheart an embroidered handkerchief.

On their wedding night, Zhao Xun took Bai Shuyao's hand and leaned toward her. Unable to pull away, Bai Shuyao leaned back. "Your Majesty, please don't. I was hoping to take you as my sworn elder brother."

"Xiao Bai wants me as her sworn elder brother? I agree."

Bai Shuyao's face lit up with joy. Before she could thank him, he sealed her lips with a kiss and bound her wrist with the handkerchief she had given away, embroidered with a love poem.

The next day, the young nobleman to whom she had once given a handkerchief came to pay his respects. The first thing he said was, "My imperial sister-in-law."

Bai Shuyao: ???

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