Chapter 1
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On a day in early summer, when evening came, torrential rain would suddenly fall.
The sky was gloomy and dark clouds pressed down on the dignified and imposing Palace walls. The originally magnificent Palace darkened under the cover of the dark clouds, as if it was a huge cage, trapping the people inside firmly.
In the spacious bedroom, the curtains seemed to be very old as there was a thick layer of dust. It was originally a hot day, but one could actually feel some coldness. The clothes and jewellery were scattered on the ground, as if a catastrophe had just happened.
The female half knelt on the ground and looked up at the person in front of her.
This woman was only in her thirties, but her face was as old as an old woman's. Between her brows was heavy and vicious, and her eyes were like stagnant water with ripples, like a dried up well that had been left behind for a long time, unable to shed any tears, yet carrying a bottomless hatred.
"Your Ladyship, please." The eunuch beside her held the white silk in his hands and said in an impatient tone, "This one is still waiting to report to His Majesty."
Shen Miao's eyes landed on the eunuch and after a long silence, she slowly opened her mouth and said in a hoarse voice, "Xiao Li-zi, when BenGong promoted you, you were still a dog by Gao GongGong's side."
The eunuch arrogantly raised his head, "Your Ladyship, the present is different from the past."
"The present is different from the past …" Shen Miao muttered and suddenly laughed out loud, "What a good 'the present is different from the past'!"
Just because of one sentence, 'the present is different from the past', those servants and officials that were respectful to her in the past could now order her around. Because of 'the present is different from the past', she would end up with a three chi long white silk with her head separated from her body. What was the past and where did the present start from? Was it from when Mei Furen entered the Palace or when the Crown Prince was deposed or when the Eldest Princess died tragically in marriage? Or when she returned to the Palace after being a hostage in the Qin country for five years?
From 'the past' to 'the present', from the Empress to the deposed Empress, it was all because of one sentence from Fu Xiu Yi! The entire court of civil and military officials could change their expressions and the Ming Qi's rivers and mountains could be inverted! What a good 'the present is different from the past'!
The bedroom door opened with a 'creak' and a pair of dragon embroidered boots stopped in front of Shen Miao. Above it was the corner of the bright yellow robe.
"Seeing as you have followed this emperor for twenty years, this emperor will grant you an intact corpse. Give your thanks." The emperor's son said.
Shen Miao slowly raised her head and looked at the man high above. Time did not leave any mark on his face. He was as handsome as he was at the beginning. He was the world's wise ruler, the rightful Son of Heaven. He was the man she had been infatuated with for twenty years and her husband who had helped each other in difficult times. Now he said to her, "We will grant you an intact corpse. Thank me."
"Why?" Shen Miao asked with difficulty.
He did not answer.
"Why do you want to wipe out the entire Shen family?" She asked.
Prince Ding, Fu Xiu Yi. The late Emperor had nine sons and each of the nine sons had their own merits but the Crown Prince was often ill and the late Emperor was slow to appoint a new Crown Prince. She admired Prince Ding's peerless talent and disregarded her family's dissuasion. She finally got what she wanted but also tied the entire Shen family and Prince Ding together.
It was because of this that she did her best to assist Prince Ding. From a pampered daughter who did not know anything to a Wangfei who participated in court matters, she gave advice and finally settled the country. On the day Fu Xiu Yi ascended the throne, he made her the Empress, a motherly model of the world and was very glorious.
She thought that she was the most glorious Empress. The Princes' rebellion had just been quelled and the Ming Qi's foundation was unstable. The Xiong Nu invaded and the neighbouring countries were eyeing covetously. In order to borrow troops, Shen Miao voluntarily went to the Qin country to be a hostage. When she left, her daughter and son were still one month old. Fu Xiu Yi even said, "Zhen will personally bring you back."
Five years later, she finally returned to Ming Qi and there was an additional beautiful and talented Mei Furen in the Inner Palace.
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