She is Lin Shu. She originally just wanted to die in peace in the harem, but because she resembled the late Empress Yuan Jing, she became the "shadow of her sister" in the eyes of Empress Shen Qingyi.
Shen Qingyi loved her and kept her captive with his twisted possessiveness, making him unable to resist.
Lin Shu also loved - she loved Su Wan who was waiting for her in the wooden house on the prairie, the woman with whom she had a close relationship and promised to live forever.
One letter changed everything.
The queen described the tragic situation of Su Wan being thrown into a brothel and being forced to become pregnant, and wrote word for word as a heart-breaking poison: "Your existence is a stain on her."
Su Wan collapsed after reading the letter. She exerted force on the night of delivery, leaving her last words in a pool of blood: "Don't hate the child... And don't love me."
Lin Shu held the newborn in her arms, struggling between murderous intent and attachment. She named the child "Chen Yan" - the disgust of disgust.
In order to find out the truth, she returned to the palace as a "special maid" and waited for an opportunity to poison the queen every night.
That night when the truth was revealed, the queen drank the poison, but fed her the only antidote: "If I die, you will be clean. In the next life, choose me first, okay?"
Three women, a bad relationship.
Some people use destruction to express love, some people learn to hate in a pool of blood, and some people use death in exchange for salvation.
Within the high walls of the deep palace, no one can escape intact.
Reader comments
Within the palace walls, everyone is a prisoner. Lin Shu was imprisoned by the fate of a "substitute", Su Wan was imprisoned by the unbearable past, Shen Qingyi was imprisoned by twisted love and sin, and Xiao Jingyu was imprisoned by the identity of the prince and unspeakable feelings. They are all trapped in their own cages, struggling, sinking, destroyed, or reborn.
And "crossing" is a lesson that Lin Shu has completed throughout her life. She transitioned from a noble in the palace to a peasant woman on the prairie, from an avenger to a guardian, from a loved one to a love giver. She crossed over to Su Wan and spent the rest of her life guarding her children; she crossed over to Shen Qingyi and carried her last confession with silence; she crossed over to Xiao Jingyu and Chen Yan - and turned them into pillars of talent with more than ten years of continuous teaching.
The most touching thing about the novel lies in the "unspoken" emotions. Shen Qingyi's words before his death, "Choose me first in the next life," were a lifelong confession; Xiao Jingyu's drunken kiss was a attachment that a young man could not express; Chen Yan never married, but the licorice picture always hung in his study. They both hide their love so deeply that only they know it.
And what about Lin Shu? She loves Su Wan until death; she hates Shen Qingyi, but after that piece of honey, her hatred is mixed with indescribable complexity; she cherishes her two children and spends the rest of her life protecting them. Her emotions are so rich, yet so restrained.
At the end of the story, Lin Shu wakes up in modern times and reunites with Su Wan, Shen Qingzhi, and Shen Qingyi one by one. This is an ending that is so gentle that it is almost luxurious - allowing those who could not love or hate in the previous life to have a good meal, chat for a while, slowly get to know each other, and get closer slowly in this life.
Both inside and outside the palace walls are prisoners of love. The meaning of reincarnation may be to give all unfinished emotions a chance to start over.
——I hope that you and I can wait for people in this life that we could not wait for in the previous life.
Emotional expression is very delicate
In the ancient chapter, I saw tears welling up in my eyes, but now my eyes are filled with tears. (Someone is causing trouble)
Within the palace walls, everyone is a prisoner. Lin Shu was imprisoned by the fate of a "substitute", Su Wan was imprisoned by the unbearable past, Shen Qingyi was imprisoned by twisted love and sin, and Xiao Jingyu was imprisoned by the identity of the prince and unspeakable feelings. They are all trapped in their own cages, struggling, sinking, destroyed, or reborn. And "crossing" is a lesson that Lin Shu has completed throughout her life. She transitioned from a noble in the palace to a peasant woman on the prairie, from an avenger to a guardian, from a loved one to a love giver. She crossed over to Su Wan and spent the rest of her life guarding her children; she crossed over to Shen Qingyi and carried her last confession with silence; she crossed over to Xiao Jingyu and Chen Yan - and turned them into pillars of talent with more than ten years of continuous teaching. The most touching thing about the novel lies in the "unspoken" emotions. Shen Qingyi's words before his death, "Choose me first in the next life," were a lifelong confession; Xiao Jingyu's drunken kiss was a attachment that a young man could not express; Chen Yan never married, but the licorice picture always hung in his study. They both hide their love so deeply that only they know it. And what about Lin Shu? She loves Su Wan until death; she hates Shen Qingyi, but after that piece of honey, her hatred is mixed with indescribable complexity; she cherishes her two children and spends the rest of her life protecting them. Her emotions are so rich, yet so restrained. At the end of the story, Lin Shu wakes up in modern times and reunites with Su Wan, Shen Qingzhi, and Shen Qingyi one by one. This is an ending that is so gentle that it is almost luxurious - allowing those who could not love or hate in the previous life to have a good meal, chat for a while, slowly get to know each other, and get closer slowly in this life. Both inside and outside the palace walls are prisoners of love. The meaning of reincarnation may be to give all unfinished emotions a chance to start over. ——I hope that you and I can wait for people in this life that we could not wait for in the previous life.
Emotional expression is very delicate
In the ancient chapter, I saw tears welling up in my eyes, but now my eyes are filled with tears. (Someone is causing trouble)