Summary
My stepmother had always loathed me, but lately, I had somehow become able to hear her thoughts. Whenever she looked at me, her eyes were always curved in a warm, smiling crescent. “Look at her-my precious girl is so beautiful and soft-natured. No wonder she’s the heroine of an angst novel.” When Father planned to send me into the palace for the imperial selection, she looked at him with utter disgust. “What’s so great about that Trash Emperor? Once my precious girl enters the palace, she’ll be schemed against, suffer a miscarriage, and get thrown into the cold palace. Just thinking about it makes my heart clench.” And when she saw the marriage proposal sent over by Prince Jing’s Mansion, her hands trembled with excitement. “Back then, my precious girl saved Prince Jing’s life with a single word. After she died, Prince Jing killed the Dog Emperor for her, then ended up dying with ten thousand arrows through his heart. These two star-crossed lovers who only met once made me bawl my eyes out when I read the book…”