I Xi Zhi once used the pseudonym Xi Continuous to investigate the imperial examination fraud case for the Empress Dowager and then faked his death to escape. In order to find a place to live, he married into the general's palace. According to the rules of the palace, the bride had to kneel in the ancestral hall all night with a rooster in her arms. I endured the pain and kept the ceremony, but the general returned in triumph and brought back a woman and a man. Among them was Shen Qionglin, my old friend from the Imperial College. The general was greedy and wanted to marry an equal wife, so I divorced him decisively. I used my talents to serve as an official on the border, and was recalled to the capital by the Queen Mother. Shen Qionglin finally discovered my true identity, and I finally returned to the center of power to assist the new emperor.
