Chu Liuyue was the son of Consort of Virtue, the head of the four concubines. Apart from the Empress, she was the noblest in the palace.

But in fact, when she was brought into the palace in the beginning, she had just been a concubine at the lowest rank. She and her elder sister were brought into the palace together, but her sister, the eldest lineal daughter of their family, was given a higher position. As for her, the second lineal daughter of their family, if it had ...