Snow and Wind Fill the Palace

I don't know when it happened, but I became the emperor's favorite concubine.

Inside and outside the palace, rumors swirled.

I smiled and asked the emperor if he would kill me.

The snow and wind in the northwest were cold, but the winter storms in the imperial palace were colder.

My heart had long since frozen solid in that snowstorm.

Theme: The human heart is the hardest thing in the world to fathom.