Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 3 | Page 108

New Tales of the Ming Treasure Voayages International College Hong Kong, Griffiths, Katie - 12 Dear Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, I would like to meet with you to discuss the matters of you ruling China, and the future for our country. I will come to the Palace on Friday the 17th of February. Best Regards, Xiao Ming I read over my letter again and again until my head started to hurt. “This is it,” I thought. I picked it up and stuffed it into my bag. I ran out of the front door, locking it behind me. I started the long walk towards the palace. I was excited and confident about my task ahead. I had been planning this day for a long time and it had finally dawned. Several hours later, I found myself standing in front of the palace ready to deliver my letter to the Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang. He was an evil man and I wanted to tell him my thoughts about the way he was ruling China. I wasn’t scared of him and I wanted him to listen to my opinions. I did not like the Emperor because I believed that he didn’t treat women as equals to men, and I thought something needed to be done about it. My parents died when I was young so I lived with my Aunt. She didn’t know anything about what I was planning to do. I planned on telling her one day of course, but not just yet… My dream was to be the first female ruler of China, to prove to people that women are just as capable as men. I knocked on the huge palace door and waited until someone approached. After a long wait, nobody showed up so I slotted my letter under the door and left for the long journey back home.