Abandoned by My Mother, I Rose to Become the Empress!
📖 When I was young, Mother always claimed we were poor.
She made me wear patched coarse clothing and torn cloth shoes, and fed me nothing but scraps.
I had to wake up in the pitch dark every day to do farm chores, and she said we couldn't afford the tuition fees for school.
I believed her. Reduced to mere skin and bones, I never dared to ask for an extra bite of food.
That was until I was eight, when I was out selling eggs on the street.
I saw her buying brocade dresses, silver bracelets, and pearl hairpins for my younger sister.
The shopkeeper bowed deeply, calling her "Madam."
I rushed over and called out "Mother." The bystanders asked in astonishment:
"Is this also the Minister's daughter? She has the makings of a beauty, just like you, Madam, but why is she so terribly thin?"
Mother just smiled and said I was a crazed little beggar she had encountered while giving out charity meals.
Three days later, she offered to take me out on an excursion, only to abandon me halfway there.
I waited by the mountain pass all night, screaming for her until my voice went hoarse, but she never came back.
Sixteen years later, I sit atop the hierarchy as Empress, presiding over the grand pavilion where the bridal candidates for Prince Rui are being presented.
My lady-in-waiting informed me that the girl in the pomegranate-red dress was the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Personnel, and the most promising candidate.
I recognized her at a single glance. It was my younger sister.
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