Xie Yuwei was born into the prominent Xie Family of Jiangzhou, with a Father who was the gentle and scholarly family head, and a Mother who was the most noble Grand Princess of the Jin Dynasty.

Though her Elder Sister had not yet reached marriageable age, she had been groomed since childhood to become the Crown Princess. Her Younger Brother had been granted the title of Young Lord immediately upon birth.

As for Xie Yuwei, she was the hunter’s Daughter who had been lost by her Wet Nurse in childhood and only recovered by the Xie Family at thirteen.

In front of her was a Grand Princess Mother who despised her for being crude and ill-mannered; behind her was a hypocritical Sister who feared she would steal their Father’s affection, wearing two faces in public and private.

Yet only Xie Yuwei knew the cold-blooded cruelty beneath Xie Zhouyu’s refined and elegant facade, and only she understood the wolfish ambition hidden behind his scholarly mask.

Whether it was her noble Mother, the Grand Princess, or her Sister, the esteemed Crown Princess-to-be; they were all merely pawns in Xie Zhouyu’s games of power.

Xie Yuwei was born with a talent for manipulation. Rather than dying neglected in the Princess Manor’s Back Courtyard, she preferred to live a life of luxury and prestige.

With a spoiled Mother who held no real power and a beautiful but witless Sister who could not be relied upon, Xie Yuwei had no choice but to cling to the hand that moved the chess pieces and conspire with the tiger.

If her Sister was too consumed by love to be of use, then she would take her place. If Xie Zhouyu wanted to overthrow the Jin Dynasty, then she would become the Crown Princess of Jin, bear Xie Zhouyu’s Son, poison the Crown Prince, and install the child on the supreme throne.

The madness of the Xie Family was innate.

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