Song Dynasty female artist

My name is Lu Sihui.

The eldest daughter of the Lu family.

My great-grandfather was the prime minister. Although he was demoted several times, he was quickly reinstated and was highly trusted by Your Majesty.

My grandparents had high hopes for me when I was very young.

We invited the best for music, chess, calligraphy and painting.

I knew from a very young age what my future path would be.

So when Gu Yanxiao appeared in my sight, I immediately felt the crisis. I tried to get my grandparents to quickly finalize the marriage between me and His Majesty to avoid any more trouble.

However, in many cases, the more you fear something, the more likely it will happen.

Your Majesty really likes Gu Yanxiao.

What relieved me was that Gu Yanxiao had no intention of entering the palace.

This is good news for me. I can take this opportunity to become the queen, and there will be no place for her in the palace.

But after all my efforts, it's still a joke.

I was framed by Gu Yanxiao's mother, Princess Rui'an, and was forced to lie next to Prince An in public. What's even more infuriating is that there was a Princess of the Liao Dynasty next to me.

I knew clearly that I was being plotted against, but I couldn't make it public.

She could only marry Prince An and become a concubine.

But King An was a fool and had no idea about love between men and women. To him, all women were the same.

I'm not even as good as the maid who climbs onto his bed.

There are many ways to humiliate someone, why choose this one.

I could have become the queen, but in the end I ended up like this. I can't accept this!

I want to make those who hurt me pay the price.

Before implementing the plan, I had to gain a foothold in Prince An's mansion, bribe a steward in Prince An's courtyard with money, get his itinerary, and then sleep with him.

I got pregnant as I wished.

Prince An's attitude towards me has obviously improved a lot.

I know he did this for the sake of the child, but I don't care because I don't like Prince An either.

Only after the child was born did I officially gain a foothold in Prince An's Mansion.

I thought that with my grandparents' support, I would be valued by King An, but my grandfather suddenly fell seriously ill and died, and my grandmother followed him.

I was raised by my grandparents since I was a child, and this incident was a big blow to me.

What’s more, I no longer have anyone to rely on in the future.

The future path depends on yourself.

I have been planning for a long time, but I still haven't had any impact on Gu Yanxiao, and it's even difficult to get close to him.

This was a big blow to me.

I am unwilling to be mediocre. As long as Your Majesty does not appoint a queen, I still have a chance.

My grandparents had passed away, but the third branch was still there, and I was still a girl of the Lu family. When my third grandfather returned to Kyoto to serve in the Privy Council, I took my children back to the Lu family and had a secret talk with my third grandfather.

I thought that as long as the conditions I offered were attractive enough, my great grandfather would definitely agree and work for me.

Unexpectedly, he refused it sternly.

I already had a rift with the Third House, and this time I had a complete falling out with the Lu family, so I had to find new partners.

Just then, Princess Shun extended an olive branch.

At that time, after the palace banquet, the princess was still in the palace and she was bossing me around and even wanted to put me in solitary confinement.

How could I bear being slapped in the face in front of so many people?

After all, I am a concubine, and a concubine who has given birth to children. I am not a concubine who can be dispatched at any time. Why does she treat me like this?

At this time, Princess Shun came out to plead for mercy.

This matter didn't need her to get involved, but she took the initiative to extend the olive branch, and I just took it.

From then on, at some banquets in the capital, as long as she was there, we were always together, and over time we both understood each other's meanings.

My original intention was not to get too involved with Princess Shun, I just wanted to borrow her power. After all, she was a princess of Tubo, and foreign princesses would never truly submit to the court. Sagezhi was a lesson from the past, and I didn't want to get involved.

But Gu Yanxiao, who had always disagreed to enter the palace, suddenly agreed to enter.

His Majesty held a grand enthronement ceremony, and not long afterward Gu Yanxiao became pregnant.

For a moment I really found it hard to accept.

So, even though I knew that what Princess Shun wanted to do with me was not that simple, I still went to the address Princess Shun gave me.

It happened that the Queen Mother was going to the temporary palace at that time, so it was a perfect opportunity. We hit it off and decided to start with the Queen Mother and kill two birds with one stone.

It took my people some time to get close to the Queen Mother, and soon the news that she was seriously ill reached Kyoto.

I still felt a little regretful at that time.

It would be great if the Queen Mother had just died. Then the memorials from the Censors impeaching the Queen would have piled up like a mountain. Would Zhao Rui dislike Gu Yanxiao because of his mother's death?
But the Queen Mother was strong and insisted on going to visit His Majesty.

As soon as His Majesty went to the palace, I started to feel uneasy. I was afraid that they would find something strange and then trace it back to me, and then no one would be able to save me.

I'll go find Princess Shun and ask her to find a solution.

She said calmly that the poison was very subtle and nothing could be detected from the pulse.

Seeing her confident look, I felt a little calmer.

However, when I woke up, I heard that Princess Shun had been arrested. At that moment I knew I was finished.

But I don't want to die like this.

I still have a lot of things to do, how can I die?

I cut off all people and things related to Princess Shun, and killed all those who should be killed, so that even if they suspect me, they have no evidence.

After all, I was too naive.

How could Princess Shun let me go?

She turned me in and kept evidence to prove that I was involved in the murder of the Queen Mother with her.

I am not far from death.

At that time, I had a strong desire to survive. Not only did I write a letter to my third grandfather, asking him to plead for me, I also knelt in front of King An and asked him to save my life for the sake of the child.

My great grandfather did not reply at all and even announced to the public that he would expel me from the family tree.

As for Prince An, he took me directly to the Heavenly Prison.

Haha~
They are all cruel and heartless people.

My third grandfather was afraid that I would bring trouble to the Lu family, so he refused to acknowledge me as his granddaughter. For the sake of his reputation, Prince An could send his own woman to jail with his own hands.

As expected, Lord Leng is not the first one to sacrifice his own relatives for the sake of justice, and he will definitely not be the last.

When I was imprisoned in the Sky Prison, I thought I would see Gu Yanxiao.

After all, she is the winner now.

But until the day before my execution, she still didn't come.

Isn't she the winner? Shouldn't she come and show off in front of me and then trample on my dignity?
Why didn't she come with such a great opportunity?
When I was about to be taken to the execution ground, I still didn't see Gu Yanxiao. I began to realize that Gu Yanxiao didn't take me seriously at all. In her eyes, I was not even an opponent.

Realizing this, I began to struggle desperately, shouting that I wanted to see Gu Yanxiao.

But no one listened to me anymore. They all thought I was crazy and stuffed a piece of dirty, smelly cloth into my mouth. My stomach suddenly turned upside down.

When I arrived at the execution ground, I was completely terrified.

I don’t want to die, I really don’t want to die!

I sobbed and shook my head, taking steps back, but there was nowhere to go and I was pinned down by the bailiffs again.

Because I was too frightened, I couldn't control my body and was shaking like a sieve. Warm liquid flowed out between my legs, and then the smell of urine filled the air.

At the same time, people all around started pointing and covering their noses.

My head buzzed and I couldn't hear anything at that moment. The sun was so bright that I couldn't open my eyes.

When I was pinned down on the stool by the yamen runners and the swords and axes were raised, I recalled my life and was shocked to realize that the self I had lived all my life was a joke.

If there is an afterlife, I will definitely not live this kind of life. (End of this chapter)