[Palace intrigue and power plays | A concubine-born daughter’s rise | The emperor’s exclusive favor] After transmigrating, Yu Geling became the legitimate second daughter of the Marquis of Qi’s household. Yet her father showed her no affection, her birth mother had died young, and her stepmother and legitimate elder sister persecuted her, leaving her struggling at every turn. Then an imperial edict made her the secondary consort of the Fourth Prince, Ji Ruomo, and she began her life of palace intrigue. Through bloodshed and turmoil, she rose to a position second only to The Outcast. When she petulantly said she was tired of moving and would go no farther, choosing instead to spend the rest of her life as a quiet, pampered consort, he cleared every obstacle from her path and protected her peace for the rest of her days.
