My cousin Lu Qingyu, who was staying at our house, came first in the imperial examinations.
But my childhood sweetheart wanted to get him drunk with spiked wine so he would miss the palace exam and fail to earn a top ranking.
Unable to bear the thought of my parents' hopes being dashed, I calmly told them the truth.
My father and mother flew into a rage and beat my childhood sweetheart to death.
Lu Qingyu, who rose to the third rank in the court, blamed me for everything and caused my whole family to die horribly.
Reborn, I let him skip the exams and watched his nemesis come first in the palace exam, crowned with flowers as he paraded through the streets.
