The Li Family has fallen.
Li Zhu glanced at Lu Ying out of the corner of her eye.
Back when the Shen Guogong Mansion was raided, Lu Ying had intended to break off his engagement with Shen Yinning. Li Zhu couldn't have been happier about it. Obedient to the arrangements of the Imperial Grandmother, she adorned herself beautifully and made a few trips to the Eastern Palace. Who would have thought that the Crown Prince didn't even glance her way? Instead, that fool Shen Yunxi snatched the coveted position.
She thought it was probably because her own family background was too humble.
But it wasn't until last year, when she discovered that even a criminal's daughter like Shen Yinning, whose family status was even lower than hers, could earn the favor of the Crown Prince, that she belatedly realized the bitter truth. The Crown Prince's refusal to marry her was not due to her lack of family status—it was purely because he truly didn't like her.
