Memories of past lives poured in like water bursting from a dam - I, Shen Qinghuan, the legitimate daughter of the then Prime Minister, entered the palace as a queen at the age of sixteen, was deposed at the age of twenty-one, and was sentenced to death at the age of twenty-one and three months. Charge: liaison with foreign ministers with the intention of treason. Evidence: a letter I have never written, a jade pendant I don't recognize, and a palace maid who knelt in front of me and cried, "I am unjustly accused."
Oh.
I wiped the corners of my mouth and stood up on the edge of the bed. Her legs were weak and trembling, and the clothes she was wearing had not been changed for an unknown amount of time and exuded a rancid smell. I looked down at myself - I was so thin that the veins on my wrists popped out, and there was mud between my fingernails.
