Princess Yong'an wants to send me to the empress's palace.

　　Everyone in the palace knows that the princess has a deep hatred for the empress.

　　Princess Yong'an has a strong possessiveness towards her older brother, and she doesn't allow any other women to occupy his heart.

　　The emperor showered his younger sister with affection, and he truly delayed choosing a empress for a long time.

　　Later, under pressure from the Empress Dowager and the court officials' remonstrance, he finally married the empress.

　　On the day of their consummation, the princess smashed everything she could in the mansion and used a golden hairpin to cut her own wrist, forcefully bringing the emperor from the harem.

　　But later, the empress still became pregnant.

　　The princess drowned the empress's most beloved kitten in the lake and sent its corpse to the empress's palace.

　　Frightened, the empress suffered a miscarriage on the spot.

　　Princess Yong'an, upon learning the news, silently went to the Shengxing Court.

　　She forcefully ordered her servants to bind her and whipped herself twice, causing some superficial cuts before fainting helplessly.

　　The emperor, upon losing his child, initially intended to punish Princess Yong'an severely.

　　However, upon entering the Shengxing Court, he saw Princess Yong'an covered in blood.

　　The princess weakly cried, "Back then, when the emperor made a mistake and was punished by our father, it was Yong'an who lay on the emperor's body and took more than ten lashes for him.

　　Back then, the emperor had nothing, only me.

　　Now I have nothing, only the emperor." The emperor softened his heart.

　　He returned to the empress and said, "Yong'an is young, and she also recognizes her mistake.

　　Let's not hold it against her." He then sent Princess Yong'an back to her mansion to let her rest.

　　Since then, a blood feud has formed between the empress and Princess Yong'an.

　　Now, Princess Yong'an wants to send me into the empress's palace, clearly indicating that she does not want me to live.

　　After all, Princess Yong'an had found excuses to cane and kill all the palace maids the empress had sent to her mansion before.

　　If I go, the empress will surely do the same to me.

　　But if I don't go, Princess Yong'an could kill me now.

　　Both options are dead ends.

　　I suddenly remembered what my father taught me.

　　He said, "My child, do you know why your father can always walk steadily on the tightrope during the acrobatic performance? The secret lies in only looking at the path ahead and not the abyss on both sides." In the midst of desperation, there must be a glimmer of hope.

　　So I bowed deeply, covering the faint smile at the corner of my mouth.

　　"I will obey the princess's orders.

　　However, I have one request, as a servant."