The Abandoned Consort of the First Rank

Synopsis:

Hua Jinzhen is the illegitimate daughter of the maternal uncle of the Northern Ming emperor. A timid girl who has always been obscure and powerless in the household, she reveals her stunning beauty on her wedding day and becomes renowned throughout the land.

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Jiu Ning's monologue:

I thought your heart held nothing but darkness and depths I could never see through. I thought you had no feelings, only coldness and a terrifying thirst for power. I thought that no matter how hard I tried to follow in your footsteps, I could only watch you move farther and farther away, forever unable to touch the true color of your heart. But it wasn't until you left that I realized your heart had long been laid bare before me. I was too cowardly, blinded by my own sorrow, to see you. It turns out that without you, there is no Sima Anyang in this world..., Hua Jiuning