Lotus Blossoms at Every Step

I Let My Hair Grow Long for You.

In desolate years,

Tenderness gathered strand by strand.

Slender jade fingers,

Using hair as strings,

Sunlight moving little by little along each strand,

A radiance too dazzling to look at,

A heart full of joy that cannot be played.

Spring comes late,

The woman by the window has tears in her eyes,

Dreaming a dream she does not wish to wake from.

I am Zhaojia Lianxin, the most honored woman in all of the Forbidden City. I am a celestial maiden, yet I cannot control my own life. I wear a mask every day, and can only sit alone at night and let my thoughts wander: He petitioned for permission to marry me, and so I became his principal wife. I did not love him, so I did everything I could to torment him, yet he always smiled without a word. Time slipped away, bit by bit, and I fell hopelessly in love with him, only to die young. After returning to modern times, I came back to China and settled in Beijing, all to search for the person who lies deepest in my heart.