Karmic Trials of Love

Matthew Blake bought me sweet cakes for three years to win my heart.
He always returned looking satisfied, his clothes disheveled.
Until Annie Carter, the sweet cake seller, became pregnant.
She turned out to be Elizabeth Monroe, the exiled princess, and my husband became the Noble Scholar.
Only after my death did I learn he was the reincarnation of the King of Shadows, and I was merely a tool for his karmic trial of love.
Now, heartbroken, I leap into the River of Forgetfulness, remembering my true identity—
Neither more nor less than one to whom the King of Shadows himself must bow thrice upon meeting.