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With her temperament, she naturally wasn't willing to resign herself to the circumstances, but she had no choice; she could only leave.
Let's suppose that after she left the Empress, she happened upon a young, charming gentleman, quite possibly the son of an official, and they fell in love at first sight, naturally leading to a fleeting affair; sadly, the official's young master was already married and couldn't marry her, but he gave her a promise, and only then did she return home to marry her betrothed.
After that, her fiancé's family died, and she turned to the official's young master for help, only to find out that he was the son of a political adversary to the Empress's maternal family; he coerced and enticed her to go back to the Empress to pass on information or perform some other task; deeply in love with the official's young master and driven by profit, she naturally complied.
Prince, do you think my hypothesis is plausible?"
