The private room was magnificent and lavishly decorated. Mist swirled through the air, making it feel like a paradise on earth.
Tantai Qing's eyes were shut tight, her lovely face a mask of biting cold. But a closer look would reveal the sleeve she gripped in her hand, trembling faintly. Clearly, she was not as composed as she appeared.
A woman as proud as her, who from birth had been the Bright Pearl of the Tantai Family, surrounded by a dazzling, brilliant aura. She had never known a moment of humiliation or injustice in her entire life.
Even the family's most powerful and revered ancestors doted on her, holding her in the highest esteem. They believed she would one day surpass their forebears, become a female Saint, and restore the glory of their family name.
If there was one thing that had ever truly humiliated her… it was that her family had arranged a marriage alliance with the Helian Family, betrothing her to Helian Wen before she was even born.
