
Rouge Word Case
by He Weinian
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Jianwen three years, Yuan day. In Caishikou, Suzhou Prefecture, it snowed heavily. Shen Yuying knelt on the execution platform, the blood under her knees had frozen into ice. Forty-seven people, from her grandfather to her youngest cousin, lined up beside her. The embroidered spring knife of Jin Yiwei glowed cold blue in the snow light, and the red pen on the prison case was hanging like a drop of blood that was about to coagulate. She heard her grandfather say the last words in the wind and snow, as calmly as he usually taught her to distinguish colors in the rouge workshop-- "The Luofu lineage would rather be broken than cheap." When the knife fell, she didn't close her eyes. She saw her own blood splattered on her grandfather's rouge-stained gown, like red and blue flower juice spreading on the rice paper, from crimson to purple, and finally melting into the white snow on the ground. The endless darkness is coming, so wronged, and the wronged soul is unwilling to accept it! Shen Yuying opened her eyes suddenly. What she saw was the lotus-colored tent ceiling, embroidered with the familiar plum blossoms. There is a refreshing smell of plum blossoms soaked in snow water floating in the air, which is the unique smell of Shen Family Rouge House. She froze on the bed, and the maids' brisk chatter and laughter could be heard outside the window. In the distance, the faint voice of her grandfather scolding his apprentices was full of energy. Mother was instructing the kitchen to prepare Laba porridge, her voice as gentle as usual. There are still twenty days until the day when the snow falls on the execution platform. She's back, before everything happened. This time, she won't let that knife fall again. But when fate caught up with her again, no matter how hard she tried, she could not reverse her fate. After in-depth investigation, it was discovered that the family tragedy actually involved a struggle for imperial power. She used her body as a small business girl to try her best to change her life against the will of heaven!
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