I was the star courtesan at Xiangyun Tower. I once saved a man, never imagining he was the emperor himself.
He locked me away in the imperial palace, where I endured torment and humiliation at the hands of the servants day after day.
Then a general appeared. He said he wasn't good with words, but he didn't look down on my background and was willing to marry me and bring me into the general's residence.
He even used his military achievements to ask the emperor to grant us permission to marry. I was moved to tears.
