To make her male favorite smile, the Grand Princess conscripted a hundred thousand laborers to build the Star-Picking Tower.
The night my elder sister was taken to the construction site, she coughed up blood and stuffed a steamed bun into my hands. “Stay alive...”
Three years later, because I looked so much like the Grand Princess’s deceased first love, I was presented to her as tribute.
She lifted my chin. “You look a lot like her.”
I lowered my eyes and smiled faintly. “Does Your Highness want a shadow, or... a venomous snake seeking revenge?”
I really like the description of the scene and the characters are very rich in heart.