Chapter 1
Chapter 1
I have never seen anyone live a more wretched life than Princess Anping.
Fenghuan Palace in the West Palace was once a magnificent residence, but it is now overgrown with weeds, its buildings falling into disrepair after years of neglect.
Princess Anping has been forgotten here, just like her Imperial Consort Mother who threw herself into a well.
Her Imperial Consort Mother was once the Queen of Beiliang.
Unfortunately, fate was cruel. Ten years ago, King Liang felt restricted by the Duke of Lu, who was assisting in the administration of the state, and orchestrated a plot to poison him. With that, the Queen of Beiliang lost her upright and honorable father.
Without the protection of her maiden family, and unable to win King Liang’s favor, she was framed by the doted-upon Consort Shu. Anping’s Imperial Consort Mother was stripped of her title, becoming a Deposed Queen, and was ordered to be imprisoned in Fenghuan Palace.
That year, Princess Anping was four years old.
She originally had a brother two years her senior, but in the second year of their imprisonment, the Prince suddenly contracted a plague and died despite medical efforts.
Not long after, Anping’s Imperial Consort Mother threw herself into a well.
This incident did not cause much of a stir within the palace.
By then, the harem of Beiliang was already under the control of Consort Shu.
Though Consort Shu did not come from a high-ranking background, her favor had remained steadfast for years.
King Liang was in his prime and had many children in his harem, but his favorites were those born to Consort Shu.
Thus, the Prince who died of illness and the Deposed Queen who committed suicide did not cause King Liang even a shred of guilt.
On the contrary, he was furious when he heard the news, believing that the suicide of Anping’s Imperial Consort Mother had brought shame upon him and the Beiliang royal family.
Consequently, he ordered the news to be suppressed.
He also ordered that Fenghuan Palace in the West Palace remain under lockdown.