The True and False Princesses

When the princess was lost among the common people, she once served as a maid in my household. My parents treated her with generosity, but after she returned to the palace, she tried to erase the shame of ever having been a servant: she seized my family’s fortune, killed my parents, had my brother made a eunuch, and reduced me to the maid who washed her feet. After dying a miserable death, I was reborn on the day she was to be restored to the imperial family. Right in front of her, I threw my arms around the emperor’s leg. “Father! I’ve finally found you!”