The entire family perished; she lived under others’ roofs.

Dynasties changed; she married and divorced.

In just eighteen years, Yu Zheng had experienced more than most would in a lifetime. Once a noble daughter of the fallen dynasty, all she wanted now was to survive, to enter the palace as a maid and, with her literacy, eventually become a female official to support herself.

That would have been more than enough.

Never did she expect that the new emperor, in an act of mercy toward the former dynasty’s old officials, would send her to the Fourth Prince’s rear courtyard.

Ah, she had divorced her former husband precisely to avoid being demoted from wife to concubine, and now, this was even worse.

There would be no divorce this time.

The Fourth Prince’s rear courtyard was not crowded with people, but it was filled with schemes. Outside, the new dynasty was rebuilding from ruins; inside, it was a battlefield of plots and step-by-step pressure.

Her life had already hit rock bottom, there was no further to fall.

Since that was the case, from now on, she had no choice but to rise to the top.

If Heaven willed her to fight, how could she dare defy Heaven’s will?”

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