The imperial edict granted marriage, but the Marquis was reluctant to part with his pampered second daughter, so he brought me, the eldest daughter, who had been living among the people for sixteen years, as a substitute for marriage.
Everyone in the capital said that the ghost-faced King Ke had killed three wives, was a murderer, and was an evil ghost crawling out of the Palace of Yama.
They were waiting to see me die.
But they don't know
A few months ago, heavy snow closed the mountains. The ghost-faced king knelt in front of my mountain gate and begged me to save his life.
The person I saved owes me a life.
Now, I'm married to him.
