Si'er was very cute, but an incident in her youth had made her timid and afraid at the sight of blood. At King Xiuyuan's command, this incident was covered up, and any eunuchs or palace maids who knew about it were killed to preserve the young princess's reputation. Si'er herself never spoke of it, keeping it a secret. Even Yi Ren didn't know.
"When you were four years old, palace maids were hanging themselves in your royal palace every day. When you were five, the sounds of wailing specters often came from outside your palace. They said you had harmed them and that they wanted revenge. During those years of your childhood, there were night after night of ghostly howls, and in the morning, the ground was covered with the carcasses of chickens and ducks, wasn't it?" Wu Tian said indifferently.
