Fish Bone Hairpin
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Zhu Yuanzhang was the leader of the Ming Dynasty, but he never loved the heart of a woman - the fisherman girl Yan Yumei. With her accurate hydrological prediction and extraordinary courage, she became the confidant of anti-Yuan leader Chen Youliang. In the light of the sword in the water village, he did not regard her as a vassal, and promised that "the world is indispensable for you", and even gave her a fish bone amulet. The hairpin-shaped token became a witness to the friendship between the two. After Chen Youliang proclaimed himself emperor of Han Dynasty in 1360, he also fulfilled his promise and made her the Jade Concubine. Chen Youliang died in the Battle of Poyang Lake, and Yan Yumei was captured and brought to the Ming Palace as Concubine Mei. The fishbone hairpin in her bun always reminded her of her blood feud and obsession. She was unmoved by Zhu Yuanzhang's glory. While letting her eldest son Zhu Shu go, she lied about being a "posthumous son" and gave her second son Zhu Zi a fish bone hairpin to teach him revenge. Zhu Zi's attempt to conquer Changsha failed and she committed suicide with a fish bone hairpin. She was also thrown into the cold palace. Facing Zhu Yuanzhang's question, "My glory is not worth a dead man?", She whispered: "What he gives is respect, what you give is shackles." Many years later, Yan Yumei died of illness in the cold palace. Zhu Yuanzhang stood on the city tower and looked at Changsha in the distance, and finally realized: Some things are heavier than the world, and it is the sincerity hidden in that fish bone hairpin that he can never win.
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