The Crown Prince Broke Off the Engagement? Then I'll Pick Someone Else to Be Crown Prince!

This story follows Yun Wan, the legitimate daughter of the Yun family, the most prominent clan in Great Chu. After the crown prince breaks off their engagement, she seeks to protect her family's standing and begins looking for a partnership with Gu Changming, the emperor's second son.

As they work together, the two bring down the crown prince and his birth mother, Consort De, who care only for pleasure and have no regard for the people. After jointly handling a student uprising in Jiangnan and an earthquake in Donglu, Gu Changming's deep compassion for the common people gradually changes Yun Wan's fixation on power struggles. Through their many collaborations, they come to recognize each other's sincerity and choose to be together.

The two go on to win the people's support and ascend the throne as emperor and empress. But the empress dowager, Yun Wan's aunt, cares only for power. Hoping to seize control before Gu Changming has firmly secured his throne, she repeatedly throws the court into chaos, bringing hardship to the people.

In the end, Yun Wan must choose between her family and the people of the realm. She chooses the people and personally confines her aunt deep within the palace.

From then on, Gu Changming and Yun Wan become an emperor and empress who stand together in the eyes of the people. After decades of diligent rule, they finally reclaim the nation's lost lands, allowing the people to live in peace and prosperity and bringing to life the future they had dreamed of together when they first met in the fields.