Just before the bridal sedan entered our gates, my elder sister suddenly changed her mind.
She ripped the hairpins and ornaments from her head and hurled them at me along with her round silk fan.
Before the assembled guests, she accused me in a shrill voice.
“Shen Zhi, stop putting on those seductive airs!”
“You needn’t waste any more effort trying to seduce His Highness the Crown Prince.
I’m giving this marriage to you!”
With those few sentences, I became a shameless woman who had tried to seduce her own brother-in-law.
The looks in the ladies’ and young misses’ eyes gradually turned knowing.
I staggered back in disbelief, tears spilling down my cheeks.
Choking on a sob, I asked, “Has your heart perhaps been captured by another man, Sister?”
“If so, our entire household ought to enter the palace and plead guilty, begging His Majesty’s forgiveness.”
“How could we play at swapping sisters for their marriages and commit the crime of deceiving the emperor?”
