As Nian Shilan drew her last breath, a fierce snowstorm raged beyond the red palace walls. Her heart burned with regret: regret for the emperor’s false affection, for her family’s ruin, and most of all for failing to see people for who they truly were. Just as her consciousness sank into darkness, she was jolted awake by the dazzling gold and red of her wedding robes. In the bronze mirror, she saw herself before her marriage into Prince Yong’s household. Her maid Songzhi was holding out her phoenix crown, gently reminding her, “My lady, you’ll be marrying into the prince’s household tomorrow.”
Have a lot of parts been deleted? A lot of clips are coming in very quickly. The preface doesn't match the postscript.
It sounds good. I like it.