Weaving a Bridge of Silk with the Monarch’s Kin

Li Yunzhu is a well-known beauty within the elite circle, but she is also known for her arrogance and promiscuity, unable to tolerate even the smallest slight. Cao Shao, a young Imperial Uncle, once dreamed of marrying her, but sadly his elders had a change of heart. “Yunzhu, I have failed you with my incompetence,” Cao Shao confessed. “Oh,” was all Li Yunzhu could muster. She didn’t have much affection for Cao Shao, but she couldn’t let it go. It was at this time that Cao Xun, the Great Imperial Uncle, returned to Beijing. In his youth, he had once proclaimed, “A man can’t marry without securing a solid foundation.” Now at thirty years old, Great Imperial Uncle Cao Xun had achieved gre...