The Empress reflected on her own entry into the palace at the age of fifteen, securing the position of Crown Princess thanks to her powerful family background.
At fifteen, she was considered the most beautiful woman in Daxia.
She had thought she could join her father in battle, but the Crown Prince snatched her up before that could happen.
At the age of nineteen, the Crown Prince ascended the throne, and she naturally became the Empress.
That was a role she held for twenty years.
Over those two decades, even her fiery temper had been mostly worn away.
She now understood clearly, like looking into a mirror, that the dog of an Emperor had married her because her family had been military commanders for generations, with illustrious martial achievements, making her a powerful support for him.
If she had been the daughter of an ordinary official, he wouldn't have been in such a hurry to marry her.