Synopsis
The Xue family's daughter was beautiful and gifted, and at sixteen she married the man she'd always hoped for. Three years of a warm, steady marriage — then her husband passed the Imperial Scholar examination and everything changed. Status and glory went to his head. His commoner wife was now a liability. The princess was within reach, and reaching for her meant getting rid of the wife first — along with their children. The princess showed up in person just to sneer at her: "What does it matter that you're beautiful, that you have talent? You're just some minor official's…
