The Second Wife’s Daughter

With an elder sister who is the talented, beautiful, and noble-born daughter of the first wife above her, and a younger half-sister with stunning looks and promising brothers below her, Luo Yaoniang becomes the awkwardly positioned second wife’s daughter. In truth, Yaoniang doesn’t care much about awkwardness—as long as life is comfortable, that’s enough. But just as the tree desires stillness, the wind refuses to cease. When the emperor issues an edict to select companions (and future daughters-in-law) for Princess Zhaoping, Yaoniang, who wishes to stay out of it, gets dragged into the fray. Watching her ambitious elder sister, the pearl of the capital, her breathtakingly beautiful half-sister, and even cousins from other branches of the family all jumping into the competition, Yaoniang can only clasp her hands and plead: Esteemed rivals, please spare me.