I am an unwanted child; I was created from a tremendous mistake. I don't have the right to my future and possession. Even my position is just a display in which I don't hold its authority. In short, I don't own myself.
Once I was born, the emperor immediately killed my mother with the reason that she was a shameful person to tried to seduce him. Since I am his child, he spared me but still neglected me.
I have no recollection of my mother, but what I heard is that she also hates me. I'm the reason she was executed, so it's only normal to blame a sudden life that was created.
I am now under the emperor's most unfavored concubine, though she had never shown any care for me. She still takes me, even though it's just for the respect of the emperor. Still, I respect her for taking in someone unwanted like me.
Today was an auspicious day for the country because the war has come to an end, and the emperor held a big banquet, which is naturally I'm not invited to. I have known for a very long time that I'm already forgotten, but I'm fine with it. I have a long-lost interest in it.
The night fell, and I was surrounded by darkness. I looked at the sky and thought that maybe if I just die, everything will end, but I immediately threw the thought out of my mind.
If I die, I will just become more nuisance than I am now, and being here is also not bad.
Suddenly, I heard a knock on the door of my shabby courtyard, and I hurried my steps to open it, only to find a eunuch who had a scroll in his hand.
The words that he spouted made me freeze on the spot.
"Imperial Edict!
The 9th Princess He Yanyu's marriage has been agreed upon by the two countries of Su and Lou.
Accept the edict!"
So it is an edict, I can't believe what's happening, is this a punishment for me? Is this the reason for the sudden end of the long war? It's impossible, I'm just a significant person.
"He... He Yanyu Accepts the edict"
I have no choice, just as I said, I'm not the one who decides my fate. I accept the scroll that holds the imperial edict in which no one can question or refuse.
When he made sure that I had it in my hands, he immediately asked to leave.
I open the scroll and read the contents, just as he shouted.
À Suivre...