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From the humble daughter of a minor official to the revered Princess Consort, and eventually the Empress admired by all, she seemed to have it all. Everyone believed she was incredibly lucky, living a perfect life.
Yet, Pei Sheniang always felt that behind her seemingly perfect life, there were many unsatisfactory aspects.
Though she was born into the prestigious Pei clan of Hedong, both her parents were from concubinal lines, and as the second daughter, she received scarce resources and a meager dowry.
After her coming-of-age ceremony, during the feudal princes' consort selection, she and her sisters hid in the family temple, thinking they had evaded the selection. However, upon emerging, she alone was chosen as the secondary consort to a feudal prince.
Through great effort, she climbed from secondary consort to the position of Empress, yet the Emperor's heart always cherished his first wife more than her. Even the legitimate son she bore was long denied the title of Crown Prince. To make matters worse, the Emperor lived an exceedingly long life, pushing her dream of becoming Empress Dowager further into the distant future...
She had always believed this was fate-until she was reborn with lingering regrets and discovered that many things had been manipulated by unseen hands behind the scenes...