My elder sister was the most beautiful woman in the capital, yet she was forced to marry the bloodthirsty Prince of Zhenbei.
On their wedding night, she cut off her hair and swore to remain chaste.
I volunteered to accompany her as a dowry, willing to take her place.
Every night, when the Prince of Zhenbei summoned me to his bed, I meowed like a cat outside my sister's window.
Then he died in battle, and my sister and I both became pregnant.
She drank the abortion medicine I handed her and smiled, saying she was finally free.
But I swallowed the candied fruit she gave me. As my skirt turned red with blood, I saw the Prince of Zhenbei return.
