On the anniversary of our mother's death, my half-brother accused me of stealing the family's possessions and driving his wife to her death. He even produced a blood-written letter and colluded with the prefect to have me thrown in jail. My father also testified against me, claiming I was an unfaithful, unfilial scoundrel. But they didn't know those possessions belonged to the emperor, who was staying in my home at that very moment. They took me to raid my own house, only for the emperor to order his guards to beat them up and throw the prefect in jail. My half-brother paid for his actions, too. After I returned to the capital with the emperor, I married his younger sister and became a powerful minister.
