"I have killed three people in my life."
"Father, the Queen Mother, and my former self."
When his mother-in-law died that year, five-year-old Yan Chengxuan remembered three things:
The strand of blue silk cut by the Queen's aunt, the scent of peony on the sleeves of Concubine De, and——
Hidden in the longevity lock, the blood letter that can never see the light of day
"Your Majesty, how can a woman inherit the throne?"
She stroked the crown of the crown princess's hair and pressed the blood-stained jade seal onto the edict:
"Now, it's okay."
——
"I want this Nine Layers Palace to be remembered."
"The revenge of patricide is avenged with imperial power."
Purpose: Female consciousness is independent