When I was young, I once kept a lover behind my husband’s back.
When the affair came to light, my husband forced me to choose.
I gritted my teeth and chose my husband.
The lover I abandoned vowed, “Cast me aside today, my lady wife, and one day you will regret it.”
“No, I won’t,” I said guiltily.
Years later, my husband took revenge by sending me to the Eastern Palace.
“I hear the crown prince has a taste for married women.
With your wanton nature, my dear, you should serve him very well.”
That night, I knelt in the Eastern Palace.
My beautiful “kept lover” and I stared at each other.
Seated high above me, he ground out, “Never imagined I was the crown prince, did you?”
“You’d drop a poor man for a rich one!”
The shock brought on my heart condition, and I died on the spot.
Given another life, I returned to the day the affair was exposed.
My husband asked, “Will you remain a lady of the distinguished Cui clan, or become a runaway wife despised by all?
I suggest you think carefully.”
This time, my voice rang out loud and clear.
“I’ve thought it through.
I’m eloping with him!”
