A Prosperous Age Is Within Reach: Consort Xuan's Secret Teachings

Her lowly status as a concubine's daughter set her on a one-way journey to a distant land for a political marriage. She entered the imperial harem with the principle of staying out of others' affairs, but through a twist of fate, she became the First Imperial Consort, stirring up a storm in the palace that raged for eight years and left many unable to find peace for the rest of their lives.

Later,

The Xuanyuan Emperor, her husband, who had once coldly declared, “I will never fall in love with you,” took her away from the turmoil without a second thought. “My consort could never do such a thing.”

The Grand Princess, her close friend, who had once cruelly mocked her, saying, “I will never end up like you,” fought her way through a life-or-death ordeal to return to her side. “You promised to stay with me forever.”

Looking back on her life, all its love and hatred had risen and fallen at the whims of her gentle heart.