She was nothing more than a daughter her parents looked down on.
Every time she braced herself to accept an ordinary fate, someone else's injustice changed her mind.
She could have eloped with the fine young man who had awakened her first feelings of love, but her father tore them apart with a marriage contract and sent her away from the capital.
She gave up the chance to enter the palace as a study companion, yet her parents still refused to acknowledge her and insisted on sending her away from the capital again.
She yielded again and again, but never won their approval.
She was done pretending. She would not give up either. She would fight her way to the top.
She could give up her childhood sweetheart, the fine young man she loved, and even the tutor who had accompanied her along the way.
All she wanted was to climb higher. She wanted to become the most revered woman in the capital.
It didn't matter who the person was. As long as they sat on the throne, she was willing to bow and obey.
She would do precisely what her parents never wanted to see her do.
In the end, her own plans were the best plans of all!
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