I was a condemned slave, due to be beheaded in the autumn.
To buy myself a little more time, I decided to get pregnant.
I set my sights on the cold, aloof jailer.
With my slender waist and full hips, I tried every trick I knew to seduce him.
At first he scorned me.
Once he’d had a taste, he came back night after night, unwilling to let me go.
The day a physician confirmed my pregnancy, a curtained sedan chair was carried into the dungeon.
As they helped me inside, I still had no idea what was happening.
“What is this for?”
The warden beamed at me.
“Miss Liu, you’re carrying His Grace’s child.
They’ve come to take you home to a life of comfort.”