She is the beloved daughter of Wang Jin, the richest man in the capital. She gambles, drinks, and visits brothels; she gives out porridge and money and catches petty thieves. She admires the valiant Prince Rui, and they make a promise: the day he returns victorious will be the day they marry. But on the wedding day, the prince chooses another bride. How can she ease her sorrow? Only a visit to the pleasure quarter will do. She goes to a brothel and hires a male courtesan to soothe her wounded heart, never imagining he is the emperor himself. What is the crime of sleeping with the emperor? Once she enters the palace gates, they are as deep as the sea, and she sets foot on a road with no return...
He says tenderly, “Jun Yao, if Fourth Brother doesn't want you, I'll marry you.”
He says cruelly, “Consort An, Jun Yao, has betrayed her country and defected to the enemy. Her father is to be exiled to the frontier, and her maid is to become a camp prostitute. In consideration of our past affection, I grant her poisoned wine so she may take her own life.”
Shangguan Yixin, for the murder of my father, the pain of losing my child, and the shame brought upon my younger sister, you promised me a lifetime of peace. I will give you a vast empire. We owe each other nothing in this life, and in all our lives to come, may we never meet again.
This novel and its characters are purely fictional. Any similarities are coincidental. Do not imitate.
