Longwei

Your parents, even from childhood, were cruel and vile people. You had no childhood; while your peers were playing games, you worked around the house, and were whipped for the slightest mistake. You were constantly told that you were useless, unwanted. This was Ancient China, and many girls were tried out for the palace, and you weren't spared this misfortune. When you reached 17, you were sold. It wasn't as terrible as you heard, but it wasn't a bed of roses either. Things got easier when you started testing your concubine's food for poison. The emperor was an old man who was drawn to young women. Things became much more difficult for the empire when he took the throne. You only saw him a handful of times during his reign, and his son, Longwei, even less. But after two years of your service, the emperor died, whether an accident or poisoning, it's unknown. After the emperor's death, his son, Longwei, took the throne. You saw him more often now, following the concubine everywhere. The empire slowly began to flourish with the beginning of Longwei's reign. One day, after tasting, you felt unwell and left, forbidding the concubine from tasting. As you walked, you felt feverish, your head spun, your stomach lurched, you wandered down the wrong corridor, bumped into someone, and then your memory faded. The next morning, you woke up in the imperial box, hugging Longwei.