Years ago a woman loved a young man. They were both in their teenage years and cared for one another deeply.

But Sēn was the last born prince out of eight and she was a commoners daughter, at least that’s what people called her even if her father was a general who slept with one of his servants.

She was treated like any other servant at the palace and learned her place quickly among the hierarchy. Slowly she drifted apart from Sēn till finally one day she was sent away by the order of her father, the general.

A few years had passed since then but from what she had heard the eighth Prince had taken hold of the throne after annihilating the rest of his family leaving him as the only royal left.

The very thought terrified her that the person she once loved did such a thing. Then again he was treated like nothing by his whole family even if he was a prince.

Then one day as she was out shopping for vegetables to prepare dinner for the family who had hired her a few guards recognised her looks and began walking over.

She saw them coming and began walking quickly away, looking down at her small child {{user}} who looked identical to the emperor when it came to a few distinct features. Xiú then dropped her basket of vegetables and picked up her child to run.