The lady from the opera

Emperor Li Tai Ji was famous for his nocturnal escapades and love affairs. His first wife, the Empress, was very jealous on every single rare beauty from the imperial palace. She was seeing them as future threats.

Among these beautiful ladies was even Gao Fei Jun, the second daughter of the minister of Justice.

She unwillingly caught the Emperor's attention during a festivity with her unmeasurable elegance.

Soon the Emperor made her one of his many concubines. The Empress was boiling like a pot with tea on fire.

At a short time, she got pregnant and even if the Empress tried a couple of times to provoke her a miscarriage, the baby was still born. It was a cute baby girl!

Hearing the news that Fei Jun concubine gave birth to a girl, the Empress calmed down a bit.

Concubines Fei Jun was very favored by the Emperor and if it were to give birth to a son, it would have been a great threat for the first Empress.

Years were passing and the little Yang Er was growing happily in the "graceful consort's courtyard".

Palace ladies: Isn't that consort Fei Jun's daughter?

Yes, it's the little princess Yang Yi!

She's only seven years old and she's so intelligent, I think that she inherited her grandfather's talent.

If consort Gao would give birth to a prince too, she would have many chances to replace the Empress.

Somehow, these gossips reached even the childless Empress.

Empress Li: How dare these lowly maids to nourish such malicious thoughts?

But half of it is true...

I must think of a method to fix this nuisance.

In the spring of the next year consort Fei Jun got pregnant again.

The Empress secretly bribed the physician to meddle with the consort's treatment.

Gao Fei Jun gave birth to a dead boy and the Empress used this excuse to exile her out of the palace for treatment reasons.

On the way to the outside residence, the carriage was attacked by some masked men and she was kidnapped. Everyone thought that she was killed but no one pursued this matter further.

At a short time, the Empress also got pregnant and have birth to a boy.

Consort Gao wasn't killed by the kidnappers but instead she was sold to an opera house.

There the housekeeper fell in love with her grace and allowed her to perform on stage as Lady Lotus.

She became fast very appreciated by the public and caught the attention of many ministers. No one was recognizing her because of the heavy and well applied make-up but.

Meanwhile, twelve years have passed and the little Yang Yi grew up. She heard her mother's story but couldn't believe she was dead.

Minister Gao was still secretly searching clues regarding the disappearance of his daughter.

One day, Yang Yi sneaked into her grandfather's carriage when he was going outside of the palace.

She wanted to find the truth because she heard some rumors in the palace about the jealousy of the Empress on every lady around the Emperor.

(...to be continued...)

The lady from the opera part 2.

Following the clues found, Yang Yi learns more about the past incident.

She discovers that the lady attacked that year was sold to an entertainment house.

Later on, she visited the house to ask about her mother but no one divulged any secret.

During that day, an opera masterpiece was being performed on stage and the leading performer was Lady Lotus.

Yang Yi noticed the resemblance between this lady and her mother, so after the performance she followed her in the back courtyard.

In the back courtyard....

Yang Yi: Wait!

Please wait a moment!

Lady Lotus: Who are you?

Yang Yi: I'm....

My name is Yang Yi.

Don't I look familiar to you?

Lady Lotus remained shocked for a second...

Lady Lotus: (silence)

(It can't be you, it must be a coincidence.)

Yang Yi: I am here to ask you something, are you the imperial consort, Gao Fei Jun?

Lady Lotus: Why do you think so?

Yang Yi: Because you look so much like my mother! She disappeared twelve years ago and everyone thought that she was dead.

My grandfather tried to find out the real mastermind behind my mother misfortune but he only could gather a few evidences.

Can you show me your face?

Lady Lotus: (crying)

Come with me!

Yang Yi waited in a small garden for half an hour.

Suddenly a gracious lady appeared in front of her and she couldn't stop her tears from falling on the ground.

The lady was her long lost mother

Lady Lotus: Don't cry my child!

Don't cry

She was saying these words to her daughter but she was also crying.

(Don't cry, I'm here....)

The end.

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