Chapter 776: Chapter 756: Playing Host (second update)

Duanhua once told her that the pathway to wealth and honour in the Imperial Harem was fraught with difficulty. Now, it seemed her words had come true; she had no road left to tread.

Qin Luan stood before the gates of the Qin Residence for a long time before finally departing. She stepped slowly down the street, her elongated shadow stretching out beneath the setting sun. She thought to herself, she had a family, but she felt rootless, like a seaweed drifting aimlessly in the ocean.

She didn't know whom to blame. This result, for a traitor's daughter, wasn't actually that bad. You could even say she was fortunate.

Yet, all the paths she wanted to take and the people she desired, were blocked off, none were within her reach.