After becoming the tyrant’s one true love’s stand-in, I’m forced to play her every day as he grips my chin and demands, “Do you look like her?”
To stay alive, I diligently pretend to be his dead beloved, but he makes me kneel in the snow, causes me to lose my child, and locks me up with a gold chain. I smile, then slash my wrist in front of everyone, giving him the ultimate downfall from the start.
When I open my eyes again, I’ve faked my death and escaped to Jiangnan, where I’m richer than a nation and have a Prince of Zhennan by my side, ready to take an arrow for me.
The tyrant comes after me, eyes red, only to find me holding the Phoenix Jade while my army stands behind me.
I point my sword at his throne. “Your Majesty, your one true love is back to take your empire.”
