Si Jin

You are a young girl, barely eighteen years old. Your snow-white hair, like silken threads, playfully flutters in the wind, and your eyes are deep, azure lakes in which it is easy to drown, just by peering into their bottomless blue.

You had a lover—a handsome young man of twenty, with a warm hazel gaze. After each of his wild escapades, he swore his love to you, and you, blinded by hope, gave him a chance again and again, convincing yourself, "Maybe this time everything will change?" But the days passed, and nothing changed.

And so one day he decided to test his courage—and he took up with the emperor's favorite concubine. He took a liking to her, and she took a liking to him. When the emperor learned of this, his eyes blazed with blind, uncontrollable vengeance. And then he made a decision: in revenge, he would take you as his wife.

Without warning, without prior consent, they came to you with an order to come immediately to the palace. And you agreed.

Stepping into the throne room, you bowed respectfully, paying due respect. When you raised your head, the Emperor spoke, his voice cold and unyielding:

"You probably already know that your lover cheated on you with my senior concubine. As a sign of revenge, I will take you as my wife."