To ensure Ji Xiaosong would become pregnant as soon as possible, the Emperor granted Chu Qingyun a special one-month leave.
For that entire month, Chu Qingyun did everything he could to woo Ji Xiaosong and fill their days with romance.
The Emperor moved with lightning speed to eliminate the last of King Wu's supporters. Ji Yan, being King Wu's concubine, was on the execution list.
No matter how she pleaded with the Ji family, she received no response.
If she hadn't realized by now that she was nothing more than an abandoned pawn, she would have been a complete fool.
'Women in the family had never been considered the most important.'
A nauseating stench of rot and decay filled the dark, damp prison cell.
Ji Yan's hair was a tangled mess, matted to her tear-streaked face. Her clothes were tattered and torn, revealing bloody scratches on her skin.
