Night fell. I wasn’t sure when it had started to rain. When Cristin found a deserted thatched house and helped me in, I was already drenched. The cold, deep-rooted chill started from the soles of my feet and quickly spread to my whole body. Even though Cristin had helped me change my clothes and found some dried leaves to make a fire, I was still shivering with cold. \"If I\'m not Elisa Lin, then who am I? Who am I? You know who I am, don’t you?\" I muttered over and over again as I sat on the ground with my hands around my knees. I clutched onto Cristin like I was a drowning man desperate for air, pleading, \"You must know who I am. Tell me, who am I? Who… You have to tell me...\" Since she knew that I was not Elisa Lin, she must also know my true identity. \"Can you tell me who I am? Tell me…\" I felt like I was going crazy, my face was wet, I didn\'t know if it was tears or rain. \"The servant doesn\'
Cristin did not deny what he said, but just sneered, \"Why are you here and what do you want from me?\" \"It’s just a pity,\" the man on horseback said as he looked at her with regret. \"General Lu is brave and good at fighting. She’s also a heroine among the women. So, if you’re willing to hand over Concubine Lisa, then I will let you live.\" \"Don\'t think about it!\" Cristin took a step back while protecting me, her voice was determined. \"If you want to take Concubine Lisa, then you have to go through me first!\" Hearing this, the man\'s face quickly darkened, \"Since the general doesn\'t know when to back off, then I hope you won’t blame me for being rude! Do it!\" His command has not yet been completely uttered, but the soldiers who have been in position for action since the beginning grabbed their weapons and rushed toward us aggressively. Cristin was not afraid and drew her swords to fight with them. However, because of their advan
\"Cristin,\" I exclaimed as I ran to her side, frightened. I carefully supported her from the ground, \"How are you feeling? Don\'t scare me, Cristin, wake up...\" Panic engulfed my entire being, I have never been this scared in my whole life. \"My lady...\" Cristin\'s voice was weak. She slowly opened her eyes as she grabbed my hand, and said, \"I’m afraid... I don’t think I...\" \"No! No! You will be fine! Hold on, I will take you to see the doctor!\" I shouted incoherently and got up in a hurry. \"You must hold on. You are a fierce general who had been on the battlefield and survived. This time will be no different.\" I heard that in the early years, there was a female general named Yvonne Lu next to Zach. She was invincible, brave and good at fighting. She once fought 3,000 elite enemy soldiers by herself and defeated them. I heard that after the war, she was seriously injured and was dying. However, Zach managed to snatch her back fro
Cristin was dead. On that rainy night, her body was pierced with arrows and she died in my arms. I vaguely remembered the poisonous oath I forced her to make: \"Then I want you to swear. Swear it with your life. Promise me that no one will know that I am pregnant!\" \"Well, I, Cristin, swear to the heaven that I will never tell others about my lady’s pregnancy. If I violated it, I will pierce my body with arrows and die!\" Now, the oath has been fulfilled. She said that this was what she owed me, that it was God\'s retribution for her. But I know, she never owed me anything. At the last moment before her death, she held my hand and asked me to promise her not to go back to the palace. The next day, I knelt down in front of her grave in a black robe and said goodbye to her, \"Cristin, I\'m leaving now.\" I lighted three incense sticks and stuck it on the head of her grave, then respectfully kowtowed to he
The long and cold winter days finally passed away quietly in those days when I was lingering in my sickbed. When the first morning light of spring came into Showa Palace through the gap between the windows, Zach gently dropped a kiss on my forehead. \"I will go to the morning court. You have a good rest. I will come to see you again.\" His soft voice rendered me speechless. I just turned sideways, closed my eyes and pretended to sleep. The first time Zach stayed overnight in the Showa Palace overnight was the day I went to the execution court. At that time, I’ve exhausted all my energy to prevent the Lin family’s execution. At the moment when I heard him say \"postpone the execution,\" I finally gave in to the fatigue. Perhaps it was more appropriate to say that I fainted. I heard that Zach summoned all the Imperial physicians in the palace and ordered them to use all means to help me. If not, he threatened to bury the entire Impe
I never cared what kind of charges Zach arranged for Lucille, the only thing I cared about was that she had to die! A life in exchange for another life is justified. \"The servant greets the Concubine Lisa, the lady is blessed!\" the head of the prison knelt at my feet, joy was obvious in his respectful expression. It was the same prison head who had protected me again and again before, and helped Cristin break me out of prison. It’s very fortunate that my affairs did not involve him negatively. He saved me several times, and I felt a little bad because I didn’t even know his name. \"What\'s your name?\" I asked. When I saw his uprightness and kindness toward me, I wanted to promote him. \"My lady, my name is Yohan Zhang. I was saved by my lady many years ago. In the future, I will do my best to repay my lady’s kindness.\" \"The man is serious, upright and dedicated to his duties. In this little prison, you really were an
When I arrived, several eunuchs were torturing Lucille. It was said that it’s because she refused to sign the confession letter and was clamoring to see the Emperor. \"I won\'t sign! I won\'t sign even if I die! The Emperor! Go and find the Emperor! I want to see the Emperor!\" Of course she wouldn\'t sign, because she knew that once she signed it, her life would be over. Probably after hearing my footsteps, the eunuchs hurriedly let go of Lucille, knelt down and bowed to me, \"The slaves greet Concubine Lisa!\" I waved my hand and motioned them to skip the formalities, but Lucille, who had fallen to the ground, suddenly raised her head. Her delicate face had long been filthy, with a disheveled hair that looked mad, her cold eyes were glaring at me, \"Elisa Lin!\" The eunuch, who was still holding the torture instrument in his hand, kicked her on her body, \"How dare you address Concubine Lisa by her name!\" I frowned, my tone of
\"Give up! He won\'t see you,\" I said in disgust as I stood up and kicked away her hand that was holding my skirt. There was so much blood on her hand that it made me sick and nauseous! I looked at her and sneered, \"Now that you have no use, do you think he will still keep you? Stop dreaming, Lucille. I might as well inform you that the Emperor has even drafted the imperial abolition edict for the Empress. When you sign the confession, it will be announced to the world!\" \"Abolition edict...\" Lucille\'s body trembled and murmured the words repeatedly. But in a flash, she jumped up again, and yelled, \"Impossible! You’re lying! Bitch, don\'t you dare provoke me! The Emperor spoils me so much! He made me a queen as soon as I entered the palace. How could he just dispose of me?\" She refused to believe me, she thought that everything I said just now was my way of taking revenge for everything she did to me. I suddenly remembered how half a month a