When Duan Bailu was young, her mother consort was in the emperor's favor, and she was her father's most beloved princess.
At some point, perhaps after her imperial elder brother was named crown prince, her and her mother's standing in the palace plummeted.
To maintain the lifestyle she had once enjoyed, Duan Bailu had no choice but to rely on her brother, who was then the crown prince.
Finally, when the Marquis of Anding returned to the capital victorious, Duan Bailu seized her chance and married the marquis's heir under the pretext of a reward.
At last, she left the deep palace behind, and escaped her brother's shadow.
She had thought she would spend the rest of her life with the heir of the Marquis of Anding, each of them keeping to their own affairs. She was perfectly happy with that arrangement.
But one day, her unsatisfactory husband finally angered her so badly that she forgot to hold back and slapped him.
Afterward, their relationship did not become strained as she had expected. Instead... the way he looked at her grew increasingly strange.
Duan Bailu could not make sense of it at all.
For the first time in her life, she began to think about seizing power.
But before that, while things had not yet gone completely out of hand, she had better run away.
Reader's Guide:
1. The heroine's bid to seize power does not mean she wants to become emperor.
2. They are not biological siblings.
Theme: People have to work hard to achieve their goals.
