The Feast of Branches

When Gu Qiao was seven years old, her home was confiscated in Youzhou. Her mother tried her best to send her to her aunt's house in Kyoto, where she became the third wife of the Gu family. But just a few days after the good times, her uncle, who was in disgrace, spoiled his concubine and killed his wife. In order to protect her sick aunt and find out the truth about the confiscated house, she had to find a way to enter the palace and become a female official. She thought that because of this, her uncle could treat her aunt well, but who knew... A letter came from the Gu family, forcing her to marry to repay her kindness. She had three choices: the concubine of a sixty-year-old high official, the stepmother of the widower's two sons, and the concubine of a sick man. Gu Qiao didn't choose anything. She chose to sleep at night. The emperor had just returned from the expedition and was specially allowed to stay overnight in the palace by the emperor's sixth son - King Yan. The way out was his own. All the families in the capital were eyeing the position of Princess Yan, but no one thought that King Yan had chosen the daughter of a fifth-rank official in Beijing. A friend asked King Yan, who had a higher eye than his own, "What do you like about Gu Qiao? She is indeed beautiful, but there are so many beauties in the capital, and her status is low..." Yan Lan smiled and said nothing, very enigmatic, but in fact he just went from the initial shock after being slept with to becoming addicted. People said that Lady Gu was cold, quiet, calm, and boring, but he found it quite interesting that she was very beautiful when she was in love, and she was obviously unfamiliar and timid when she was seducing him, but she still pretended to be proficient. But why did the person he fell in love with get married so soon?