Chun Tang and I were both senior maids in Grand Madam’s household.
Chun Tang was dazzling and seductive, while I was delicate and mild.
When we turned fifteen, Grand Madam decided that one of us would become a bedchamber maid to her eldest grandson, Pei Yi.
Chun Tang volunteered for the position.
I was promised instead to Steward Jiang of the Pei household.
Everything should have gone smoothly.
But just before the arrangements were to be finalized, Chun Tang ran away.
The day before she fled, I heard her muttering strange things to empty air.
“Once I’m gone, Grand Madam will probably give Xia Zhi to Pei Yi.”
“That girl is dull-faced and deathly boring.”
“Put the two of us side by side, and Pei Yi is bound to remember how much better I was!”
“People treasure what they can’t have.”
“When I come back, he’ll crawl through hell trying to win me over.”
“Once he promises to make me his lawful wife, my mission will be complete!”
