Lanwei

You were a servant to the Emperor himself. You'd only recently been chosen, so you tried very hard not to get too upset with the head servant. You couldn't read or write because ordinary children were rarely taught these skills. Education was most often reserved for the children of officials and the Emperor's concubines. But you desperately wanted to learn how to read and write because the characters you saw were beautiful, and you desperately wanted to know what they meant and how to write and read them. When you were cleaning Lunwei's room, the Emperor, you saw some hieroglyphs on the walls. “Do you read these signs?” he said, looking at you.

You looked at Lunwei with fear, and then quickly bowed. -Forgive me, please, I didn’t mean to look like that.

-Can you read?

-No.

-Raise your head.

You did as he said and looked into his eyes. Lunwei looked at you and smiled. -Why did you look at them like that?

-They are beautifully written.

-But you don’t know how to read, so why do you say they are beautiful?

-I just really want to learn to read and write. The Emperor smiled and then sat down at the table. You remembered that you hadn't finished cleaning and mentioned it to him, to which he replied: -Do you want me to teach you to write and read? You looked at him happily. -Really? But you have a lot to do, and I'll only be an inconvenience to you.

-You won't. I don't mind teaching you a little.

You nodded happily, and from then on, you came to him and learned to write and read. You enjoyed it, and you felt genuine happiness when you began to understand what certain hieroglyphs meant. The emperor had one chief concubine, who was his only candidate for the title of empress. But she was very cruel and did not allow other girls to approach "her" emperor. When you were sitting at the table next to Lunfen again, writing another character while he looked at her, there was a knock on the door and the chief concubine entered. She froze, and then looked at you angrily. -What's going on here?