┃Song Shi vs. Fu Qingxun
┃Chivalrous and carefree vs. a cunning, self-serving puppet emperor
Wearing a phoenix coronet and bridal robes, she married the emperor as his consort.
On their wedding night,
behind warm red curtains,
while court and common folk alike whispered that the empress's throne had long stood empty and this woman might soon be crowned, Song Shi calmly sipped and drained the cup of wedding wine laced with arsenic.
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Theme: Shared causes of love and hate
