Jinyi watched Yao Yingying, and in that moment, she seemed to truly understand why Yao Yingying insisted on climbing to the highest place.
It was just like this instance of the marriage alliance. If Yao Yingying were merely a minor princess sent to marry, if she truly possessed no strength to resist, then even if she wasn't the cause of the power struggle for the throne, the moment any contender for the crown decided they wanted to add a beauty to their inner palace, Yao Yingying would likely be burdened with the blame for this inexplicable chaos.
The trouble did not originate with her, yet the catastrophe fell upon her. When one possesses no real power, beauty becomes the source of disaster. But if one holds authority in their hands, beauty is but the least significant of their attributes.
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