Chapter 1 — We Don't Fight or Win, We Just Quietly Take It All

The Crown Prince married me just because he believed that I would obediently return the Crown Princess position to my sister. He once made me promise. Waiting for the day when my sister changes her mind and returns, I must voluntarily cede the position of Crown Princess to her. In his eyes. I'm just a gentle girl, I don't fight, I don't have any ambitions. But he doesn't know. Not fighting, sometimes is the deepest competition in the world. After becoming a body. From the front court to the backyard, every big and small matter, I shouldered for him. One step at a time. One thing at a time. Many times he even almost had to sacrifice his life, just to preserve his position and reputation. Until the day you return. We also kept our old promise. Personally took off the Crown Princess's clothes. Offering the Phoenix seal. Quietly retreat. But until then. The person who was eager for me to make room for her... began to hesitate again. My mother is the chess piece that the Great Lady spent a lot of effort to choose, used to deal with the favored concubine whom her father loved so much. His mother had a charming appearance, was proficient in chess and drawing, and came from a mandarin family, so she quickly captured her father's heart. When her father was most infatuated with her, the Great Lady secretly ordered someone to give her a medicine that could keep her beauty as youthful as ever, but inside it contained a deadly poison. She wanted her mother to follow the path of Mrs. Ly in the past, using her most beautiful and gentle face to leave in her father's memory before she passed away. As long as the mother dies, the Great Lady will have already planned her moves for her favored concubine. Sure enough, after his mother passed away, his father became angry and determined to investigate until the end. The favored concubine who had been at the Prime Minister's Palace for nearly ten years was beaten half to death and then sold out. Even her children lost all grace and were sent to live in foreign hospitals. Killing two birds with one stone, the Great Lady was extremely pleased. She kept her promise to her mother, shed a few symbolic tears and then logically took me home to raise her. My name was recorded in her name, becoming the second young lady of the Prime Minister's Palace. Not only did she gain a reputation for kindness, but she also won the love of her father. One move in exchange for four benefits, the Great Lady was overjoyed. It is said that that day she knelt in front of the Bodhisattva statue for a long time, crying and laughing, looking like someone who had gone crazy. When her mother passed away, she was extremely peaceful, as if she had finally been liberated. She held my hand tightly and pressed it to her cold face. The corners of her lips were bleeding, but her eyes were still strangely gentle. She looked at me like a child who had just accomplished a great task, waiting for praise. It both makes people feel sad and makes them unable to bear it.

"When my mother A Thien grows up, she no longer needs to be a stepping stone for anyone's future."

"My mother's A Thien can read books, she can marry the person she loves, she can live peacefully and happily for the rest of her life."

At that moment, her eyes were filled with hope. It is hope for a smooth road for our future. But mother. In the life of a woman in this world, few can really go on a flat road? Being a wife is fine, being a concubine is fine, being a slave or a maid is not much different. In the end, we still live under the arrangements of men. The first time I met Crown Prince Ly Minh Chieu was on the day the marriage between him and elder sister Giang Minh Nguyet was scheduled. Right from that moment, we knew. Even if I have to use every trick and every effort, I still have to marry him. Because he is the ladder that I personally chose. I want to step on that step, step by step, going up, to the highest place. From then on, Giang Thien, I say one is one, say two is two. No one can take advantage of us, manipulate us, humiliate us or trample on us anymore. Fortunately, God finally had mercy on me for once. The eldest sister has been pampered by the Great Lady since childhood, and has a stubborn and unruly personality.