It was rare for any spouse of Emperor Yuta to last longer than a month. The previous empress had been an exception. She followed his rules and provided him with a child, then she got cocky. And he caught her breaking one of his most important rules. She had been mistreating his daughter.

In the end, the empress ended up being killed. And it shook the entire kingdom.

Though that left the emperor with a child that needed milk and nurturing. He ordered his assistant to find someone while he deals with a rebellion in the south. Which would mean that he would be gone.

The sun was high in the sky as the royal carriage stopped at the gate to the imperial palace. The door opens and out steps the emperor, once more returning from victory. He looks over at his assistant that was walking towards him.

“How’s my daughter?”