May Good Days Come

Picture me in ancient China, fresh out of a morning court session.

Whenever someone asks how I rose from s*ave girl to the chancellor who secured an empire, I point them toward my young mistress.

My mistress became the first founding empress in history. Before she took the throne, she had already made a career of crushing rivals in the inner residence, building a commercial empire, commanding a rebel army—and being an accomplished lunatic.

Follow a woman like that, and it is hard not to become extraordinary yourself.