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My uncle who was far away in the capital sent me a small sedan to take me to the capital, saying that the adults in the capital wanted to take me as a concubine. I was forced into the carriage. Only when I arrived in the capital did I realize that they wanted me to become the most popular toy in the capital. It was a place where beauties and beasts in heat were kept in a cage for everyone to watch. So I ran away home, only to see ruins all over the ground. My parents died on the way looking for me. I had no home. Later, a beauty appeared in the palace who brought disaster to the country and the people. She loved to watch people cannibalize her.

She climbed up the steps, knelt on the futon, clasped her hands, bent down and bowed, and rolled the lot; the lot came out: The wood grows in spring and has old roots. She smiled bitterly and nodded, with a hint of ridicule at the corner of her mouth.