Scheming

The long sword was bright, raised towards the rising sun. This was the end of my escape - there was no way out. The person in front of me turned pale, held the handle of the knife tighter and tighter, and slowly approached me. The wind from the grassland blew onto my face with the fresh smell of grass. Everything in the past passed by slowly in the breeze. I was once a princess of two countries and a princess of a dynasty; I once poisoned my brother with my own hands, but traveled thousands of miles to avenge him; I was once sacrificed to a prince, but was imprisoned by him for a whole year; I was once involved in a fight between eight princes competing in the Central Plains. In the middle, I hold the biggest secret of the dynasty, and I am in a whirlpool of conspiracies, unable to escape; three people once said that they would treat me as the most precious treasure in the world... Once, the person in front of me protected me so sincerely, but did not dare to show any emotion. But I know that in their hearts, the throne will always be more important than me. Now, I am a traitor that the rebels have sworn to kill, and I am also an imperial prisoner with the highest reward offered by the imperial court. I smiled slightly and walked towards him. He took a step back and raised the knife higher, but he couldn't bring it down...