After the Princess Called Off the Engagement

The princess was my precious darling. Whatever she wanted, I gave her without hesitation. When she faced the empress’s selection, she became infatuated with a male opera performer from Yiyage and spent every day absorbed in listening to his songs. I told the empress, and the princess was confined to her quarters while the performer was secretly executed by the Shadow Pavilion. After her confinement ended, the princess humbled herself and did everything she could to please me and win the favor of my Xiao family. I cleared every obstacle in her path and helped her ascend the dragon-and-phoenix throne. Once in power, she ordered the entire Xiao clan put to death. She had my family’s corpses hung on the city walls and left under the sun for three days and nights. As I lay at death’s door after having my bones scraped, Wei Qi sneered triumphantly. “If it weren’t for you, Shimei wouldn’t have died. It’s all your fault! You deserve to die!” When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day she entered the opera house…