Summary
Chapter 0 On the day the Eldest Princess was to be married, she lifted the corner of her bright-red bridal gown. “Who will marry out with me?” The palace maids all held their tongues. I alone crawled beneath her wedding skirts. That the Eldest Princess favored women was known throughout the palace. The only one to be pitied was the Prince Consort. He had been kept completely in the dark, unaware that inside the bridal sedan was not only the Eldest Princess he had begged and pleaded to marry, but also me, hidden beneath layer upon layer of silk skirts.