I was once the brightest jewel among the noble families of the capital.
At the Flower Festival banquet, my dance made me famous throughout the capital, but I accidentally dropped a handkerchief embroidered with a small portrait of my stepbrother.
That very night, my stepbrother rushed into the palace and requested an imperial decree sending me far away to Xiliang to marry for peace.
As I was leaving the capital, he told me in front of the envoys that he thought I was the most shameless, wanton woman in the world.
Because of those words, I spent five years in Xiliang being treated as less than human.
Later, after the King of Xiliang died, I finally made my way back to my homeland.
He crouched before me and told me that if I knew I'd been wrong, I should call him "Brother."
"If I call you Brother, will you stop beating me?"
