I am Shen Zhiwei, the legitimate daughter of the imperial censor. I lost my embroidered handkerchief at the Spring Poetry Festival.
The poor scholar Liu Mingxiu picked it up and inscribed on the corner of the handkerchief "Linglong Dice An Hongdou".
I looked at his thin profile through the screen, and my heart trembled.
But my father said: "How can a child from a poor family be worthy of the pearl of my Shen family?"
In the autumn of that year, the results were released, and Liu Mingxiu took the top spot in high school.
However, he accepted Yu Ruyi from the eldest princess at the Qionglin Banquet and said to me with a smile: "Miss Shen, please go to higher ground."
The day I was carried into Prince Xian's Mansion in my wedding dress, the whole capital was laughing.
Xian Wang Xiao Che, the most despised younger brother of the Holy Emperor, even the stone lion in front of the mansion is gathering dust.
On the wedding night, he was drunk and lifted his hijab: "I have wronged you... This king's cage cannot trap the phoenix."
In the candlelight, I suddenly saw - the secret report that slipped from his sleeve was clearly evidence of Liu Mingxiu's corruption.
Later, on the night of the palace coup, the blood of the rebels soaked the white jade steps.
Xiao Che wiped the blood on his sword and asked me, "Are you afraid?"
I stepped on Liu Mingxiu's official hat and walked to the dragon chair, pressing the phoenix seal into his palm.
"Your Majesty," I pointed to the red dawn outside the palace, "it's time to go to court."
