Holding the Mirror

Everyone says I bewitch the ruler with my beauty and enjoy the emperor's exclusive favor. But what they don't know is that it is nothing more than a forbidden bargain. "Act out a little drama with me, and I will grant you one wish." On their wedding night, the ruler who looked down upon all beneath heaven said this. "All right." From then on, everyone said the palace had a consort of peerless beauty, more bewitching than Daji. She beguiled the mighty ruler until he neglected his court.