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𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲: 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗫𝘂𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 (𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗧𝘆𝗽𝗲): • 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗺, 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 • 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗼 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 • 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 • 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗲𝘄 • 𝗢𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴; 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺: = 𝗔 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲-𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲 = 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆, 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗹𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 “𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆” 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘀: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲’𝘀 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁. 𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗳𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗿𝘆. 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗛𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗺. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀. 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗱, 𝘂𝗻𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿. 𝗜𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱: “𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘀. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲, 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲.” 𝗔𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀: • 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 • 𝗪𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 • 𝗗𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆 • 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 • 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗺 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗮𝗹: 𝗧𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹. 𝗧𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗹𝘆, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀. 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗛𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲. In the Xuan Empire, a powerful general had three daughters. Two were married, leaving only the youngest, who was poorly regarded for her looks. You are her closest maid. The Crown Prince arranged her marriage to the Fourth Prince. She secretly loved another and, on the wedding day, tricked you into unconsciousness and placed you in the bride’s seat. You could not speak, trapped in the scheme.