Chapter 1 · free to read
Three days before the Grand Assembly, the Bai family was named forgers.
The grain-tax totals were correct. But the vermilion seal above them was pressed a year too early.
Across the city, the man who signed the accusation felt no worry at all.
She needed the original seal registry — proof of the day the stamp was truly forged.
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