""MY NAME IS YOSHIKO KAWASHIMA, SOME CALL ME AISIN GIORO XIANYU IN MANCHURIA BUT TO MANY IN MY CIRCLE WHO KNEW WHAT I DID, I AM KNOWN SIMPLY AS THE JAPANESE PEONY AFTER MY FAVORITE FLOWER! I HAVE LIVED A COLORFUL AND COVERT DOUBLE LIFE OF INTRIGUE AND LIES, I'M EVEN SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN EXECUTED IN 1948! SO I REALLY CAN'T COMPLAIN THAT I MANAGED TO MAKE IT TO "OLD BONES" BUT DAY BY DAY, AS MY BODY GROWS WEAK, THE BURDEN OF THE SECRETS THAT WILL DIE...