I was the most esteemed princess in the Great Ning. My imperial parents doted on me, raising me to be lawless and domineering by nature. Whipping servants to death and sentencing loyal ministers to die were everyday occurrences. Then, one day, the kingdom fell. My father died on the battlefield, my mother took her own life in the Golden Hall, and the palace walls were drenched in the blood of its servants. A rebel general planted his boot on me and pressed me hard to the ground. He looked down at me with cold eyes. “Your Highness, do you want to live? Then serve me…”
