The Paulownia Tree Resents the Frost That Fell Last Night

Though she was made empress, she was forced to serve as the shogun’s puppet, unable to enjoy true freedom or love. Under the shogunate’s constant oppression, she was like a young bird, struggling to fly, falling, then fighting to rise again, only to fall once more... She was only a young girl, longing for love and freedom. What was wrong with following her heart? The fault lay not with her, but with the injustice and prejudice of this world... (All events in this work are fictional and unrelated to real life.)