Not many people knew the full story of Gu Zhaoyi and the Emperor's "love affair."
Their first meeting was in the Plum Garden on a snowy day. In the Emperor's eyes, it was just him and this snow-white Immortal, viewed as if through a perfect beauty filter, alone in the world. But in reality, the Emperor was never truly alone. The cleaning eunuchs and palace maids on duty in the Plum Garden saw everything clearly. It was the kind of backstory that newly arrived concubines could pay to unlock.
It was just that few people thought to inquire about it.
After all, anyone who had seen Gu Zhaoyi would think it was perfectly normal for her to be favored.
With looks like hers, it would be stranger if she were left on the shelf.
