Xu Anning was initially unaware that Prince Kang harbored feelings for He Yiqiu.
She had always lived in what she believed was happiness.
She thought her children were sensible and filial; although Prince Kang was not passionate towards her, he entrusted her with managing the affairs of the residence and had no other women. This was a hundred times better than many men in the Capital.
However, when Prince Kang forcefully married her daughter to that ruthless and unprincipled little Emperor, leading to her daughter's tragic death in the palace and also causing the death of her son, and when he himself relinquished power to appease He Yiqiu, only to be purged by the little Emperor, it was then that Xu Anning realized that, for all these years, Prince Kang had been in love with He Yiqiu.
