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lit. a branch of red apricot tree with consort on the outside
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A long-planned wrong marriage pushed her into the arms of Jing Ye, was it by chance or by design? She is the first daughter of the former prime minister, the first beauty of the dynasty, but a political injustice caused her parents to die. She lives with her aunt and concubine brother in the residence of her general uncle. The women in the backyard are jealous of her beauty and treat her like a slave. Her aunt sees her as a stepping stone and tries to take advantage of her. She pretends to be ignorant of the world, bides her time, and works every step of the way, while being coldly criticized and scorned. A mis-marriage orchestrated by others will push her into the vortex of power struggle, will she hold back, or will she make no secret of it?