He became the brightest stain in the history books, and she became a footnote in the disappearance of the unofficial history.
When I transformed from a golden branch to a subjugated princess, Xiao Yuexi, I was seven years old and could only pretend to be dumb and idiotic.
My brother, Xiao Jingzhi, the prince of Zhao Kingdom, was branded with another name by Jin Emperor Xia Ming: Ying Sheng.
In the future, history books will only record: He served the emperor with sex and used the sheng to invite favors. This is the most obscene legend in troubled times.
No one knows——
The broken jade sheng on the dragon bed that night was stained with his blood, and the warm fragrance of Zichen Palace covered the marks on his wrist bones. He knelt down and endured all the humiliation, just so that my "stupid" sister could live in the blind spot of the tyrant's sight.
I witnessed how he transformed step by step from a prince as pure as jade, to the most beautiful prison bird in Xia Ming's palm, the sharpest blade in the chess game, and finally, to the craziest devil on the dragon throne - Emperor Yuan Zhen.
He slaughtered, he was violent, and he lived in a nightmare like an eternal night.
He said: "Yuexi, this world is dirty, why not make it even dirtier."
We tried to escape.
He broke off the fingers that played the sheng for me, and I swallowed my pleading cries for him.
But the cage of troubled times is never only within the palace walls - it is in our blood, under the destiny of the annals of history, and in his name of "Shadow Sheng" that cannot be torn off even if it is stained with blood.
Until the Dragon Throne is overturned, a new dynasty will be established.
On a night when wildfires burned the palace, he held my trembling hand and his voice was as hoarse as crying:
"The history books will write about the tyrant Xiao Jingzhi, and the drama will talk about the doting concubine Yingsheng... But Yuexi, you have to remember-"
"Before all the stories begin, I just want to protect your brother from survival."
Reading tips~
The sister who is sober and tolerant and pretends to be mute × the beautiful and strong brother who turns into a black man. They cling to each other but hurt each other in troubled times.
