The Merchant's Daughter

Her husband doesn’t love her, but she’s content as long as she can stay by his side.

Her mother is dead, but she still has her older and younger sisters.

But it isn’t over. She loses her identity as the crown princess, and somehow dies twice. Her older sister has a miscarriage, her younger sister mysteriously disappears, her husband betrays her without a word, and the so-called national feud slowly destroys her. Becoming stronger is her only choice.

What she has lost, she can take back. Those who made her cry will pay in blood.

Like all heroines, she is a crown princess who is not favored, yet no one dares to provoke her. She spends every day in a deserted palace, surrounded by people but alone in her heart. A sudden upheaval changes everything. The people around her die one after another, and she plunges into a frozen abyss. No one knows what the future holds for her.

A carefully planned accident seems to change her life, but even after leaving the palace, her future remains shrouded in uncertainty. Desperate to find a reason for her miserable life, she searches for the truth through countless hardships. When the truth is finally revealed, she sets out on the path of revenge…

Though life is going badly, she still feels there is hope. Mu Ge never dreamed that as crown princess she would become a beggar, fleeing from place to place with her younger sister and begging to survive. She never imagined she would live in seclusion, much less endure the suffering that awaited her.

Mu Ge knows Qin Chang doesn’t love her, and she knows he loves her personal maid. But Mu Ge never says a word, because the maid is a dear sister who once shared life and death with her. She gets jealous now and then, but she never uses her status to do anything to Ruo’er. Besides, with Qin Chang backing her, what could happen even if she did?

Ruo’er knows that Qin Chang loves her. He is the crown prince and will one day be emperor. Should she do something to make him fall for her? Mu Ge is warm one moment and cold the next. Will she throw Ruo’er out someday? If she really does, how will Ruo’er keep passing information to him?

When a new emperor takes the throne, his old officials are replaced. Everything was fine just last night, but the Wei army’s arrival changed it all. No one knew why: one moment there was a clash of swords, and the next it was as though nothing had happened. They heard that the prince of Wei had forbidden his soldiers from touching anything in the palace. The troops stopped at the palace gates, simply guarding every exit without setting foot inside or even daring to look in. So everyone cautiously hid their valuables, ready to flee the palace at any moment.

Qin Chang knew, but he was unwilling to believe what he saw. He thought he had always treated Ruo’er well. For her sake, he had even sent Mu Ge to the cold palace, all because Mu Ge had made her eat a cold bun. Yet Ruo’er still felt nothing for him. She sent the information out without a second thought, showing no concern for the fate of Qin. Unlike other emperors whose kingdoms had fallen, Qin Chang was not executed or put under house arrest. He even strode through the palace in his imperial robes, though no one acknowledged his authority anymore. When he reached the cold palace, he heard that the maids often bullied the empress inside. He wondered how Mu Ge was faring and pushed open the door…

Looking at Ruo’er sitting quietly there, he could finally be with her openly. But for some reason, neither of them seemed to be the person they once were. That was right: they had never been deeply in love. Their fates had merely brought them together, and their desire for revenge had nurtured and grown as they accompanied each other…

“Have you fallen in love with him or her?” Only someone who truly loves another knows how much it hurts to ask that question. The answer no longer matters. Once a wound exists, it hurts…

Mu Ge said those words. She knew no one loved her, and had never hoped anyone would. But when she learned that those people did not love her, her heart still hurt. Though she had known the answer all along, she kept asking…

Ruo’er said those words after becoming crown princess, because she wasn’t sure who the man who had defied everything to make her his consort truly loved. After taking the throne as empress, Ruo’er became increasingly uneasy. Was it all revenge, or was it really love