Summary
During the Great Flood and Famine, My Father, in order to scrape together enough money to travel to the capital for the imperial examination, bundled up My Mother and me and sold us to a Peddler as kitchen servants.
Unable to endure the humiliation, My Mother turned around and leapt into the surging floodwaters.
Many years later, My Father finally climbed to a high position and was able to enter the palace to meet the Emperor. Then he looked up and saw me, who had long since ascended the Dragon Throne.
The entire court of ministers glared angrily at his stunned face:
“Having met the Empress, why do you not kneel?”