On the day of the palace coup, he stepped in front of me on the blood of his father and brother, holding a jade-inlaid dagger in his palm: "Your Highness, choose a way to die."
I took it with a smile and stabbed him in the heart with my backhand: "General, we need a consort on the road to hell."
The history books only record that the new emperor ascended the throne and the eldest princess passed away.
No one knew that there were two sets of corpses side by side in the dragon coffin, with concentric knots tied around their wrists.
