[Two strong men competing for favor/torturing scumbags/chasing the wife in the crematorium/the female mastermind plotting to get the upper hand]
I accompanied Xiao Jingxuan from abject poverty to world-wide power.
But after he climbed to the top, he allowed his newlywed wife to drink me soup to avoid having children, and laughed at me: "I'm just a maid, so I have no reason to complain?"
I turned and knocked on the Prince Regent's door.
Later, he knelt in the snow and begged me to turn back.
And I leaned on the new emperor's arms, lazily playing with the phoenix seal:
"Your Majesty, have you forgotten? You personally taught me that if you want to climb, climb the highest branch."