Part I: The Ambition of the Green Robe
Shen Weiwan first realized the taste of power when she was twelve years old.
At that time, she was still the daughter of a concubine belonging to a declining minor official in the Capital. Her mother had died early, her father was weak, her stepmother was harsh, and her older half-sister was arrogant. In that cramped courtyard, she was like a blade of wild grass ignored by everyone, silently absorbing every scrap of sunlight that could keep her alive.
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