Chapter 46

“Once a long time ago, there existed a female monarch-just, kind and courageous. Under her reign, all the lands flourished and her subjects prosper, her majesty went on battles and got wedded to a man that was in the ministry of war. There were whispers among many that the female emperor shall take many male concubines yet that one noble person insisted and stayed faithful.

She gave birth to a son and soon three daughters followed. Her second daughter was even more virtuous than the empress herself and was said to be undefeated in battles and wars that were ever fought. But even the female monarch was unable to know how her second daughter died- some said she was poisoned while others called her sickness an incurable disease.

After the death of her second daughter- the female monarch’s husband became excessively sick and followed their daughter, thus the empress fell into misery and refused to come out of her chambers for years. During this time her firstborn- the son ca