I accompanied Xiao Cong under the banner of purging the emperor's corrupt advisers, fighting all the way from his fief to the capital.
The emperor burned himself to death. My elder half-sister knelt in the palace and presented the Imperial Seal.
Overjoyed, Xiao Cong had a condemned prisoner brought up from the dungeon and dressed in clean clothes, planning to make it look as if the empress had taken her own life.
That way, my elder half-sister could take a new name and be elevated to a high-ranking consort.
My elder sister had always preferred the eldest imperial grandson. She had turned down Xiao Cong's proposal, so the emperor had arranged for me to marry him instead.
If my elder sister gained a place in the palace, what would become of me?
When the long sword came slashing toward me, I dodged and pretended it had knocked my veiled hat aside.
Xiao Cong pulled his sword back in time. It only struck my shoulder, and the wound wasn't deep.
I wept as I stepped toward his sword, saying, "Let me take my sister's place."
Xiao Cong dropped his sword and held me, shouting, "Physician! Send for the physician at once!"
From then on, he never mentioned granting my elder sister a title again.
I was empress for fifteen years, until I died peacefully in Xiao Cong's arms.
When I opened my eyes, my young elder sister was pulling away my covers.
I had actually been reborn to the time before my marriage to Xiao Cong.
"A Yu, get up! The Crown Princess has invited the noble young ladies to stroll in the garden. It seems she plans to introduce them to the eldest imperial grandson and Prince Ji. We can't be late or make a poor impression." My elder sister pushed me in front of the mirror and personally applied my makeup.
I had already lived a fulfilling life, and I had intended to bring Xiao Cong and my elder sister together. But I never expected Xiao Cong to be reborn too, and to pursue me for the title I had held in my previous life.
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