The Empress Doesn't Want to Inherit the Throne

As the legitimate second daughter of the empress's family, Xu Huazhang had always known her only purpose was to marry into a family whose support would help her elder sister ascend to the throne. Then, on the eve of her sister's entry into the imperial palace, her sister, always the model of an aristocratic young lady, ran away with a hidden guard. The Xu family fell into chaos, and Xu Huazhang was forced to accept the Empress Dowager's decree and take her place in the palace the next day. Who could have imagined the empress's throne would come running to me?