Ten years ago today, the piercing wails and shouts echoed through the courtyard walls, reaching my ears. My upright and honest father, who had dedicated his life to serving the great Yong dynasty, treated his stepmother as his own mother, and his younger brother, who was not yet of age, and his nephew, who was still young and innocent...,Xue Wanqing clenched her fists, her shoulders shaking with grievance, tears streaming down her face like pear blossoms in the rain. "Just because I refused to agree to the marriage that the Xie family arranged for me, because I wouldn't bring good fortune to the Xie family through this alliance, they slandered me and ruined my reputation. Xie Zhiwei, what qualifications do you have to accuse me","It's a pity, Xiao Changxuan. You'll never have another chance." Xie Zhiwei's lips curled into a mocking sneer, her eyes devoid of the fiery hatred and killing intent that had once burned within them. Instead, there was a sense of ease and indifference. "Xiao Changxuan, I've already spoken to the new emperor. He has spared your life, allowing you to taste the bitterness of being a dethroned ruler. From now on, every day, every moment, you and Xue Wanqing will kneel before the ancestral tablet of my Xie family, repenting and atoning for your sins…"。