Fate's Gamble—Claiming the Preceptor

Unexpectedly waking up as the daughter of a disgraced official in a novel, Violet, to rewrite her fate of being sent to the Imperial Courtesan House, frantically grabbed the Emperor Preceptor's leg and lied, pleading, “Edwin, it’s me, Violet! Don’t you remember our secret vows?” The man stared down, and thus her gambit unfolded.