With a face as lovely as jade and flowers, she was sent in Yun Ying’s place to marry. She had only hoped to find a safe, stable life, but there was no way to stay out of the palace intrigues. She meant to tread carefully and make it through the rest of her days, never realizing she was already a piece in someone else’s game.
After surviving one deadly storm after another, she gave a cold laugh. “All I wanted was to be an unnoticed weed growing in a corner. You’re the ones who forced me to the pinnacle of power… Since the emperor’s favor can keep me safe, why shouldn’t I fight for it?”
Only after she had fallen deeply in love did she see through the seemingly tender gaze and the glory of being his most cherished woman. It had all been a lie… The emperor had never given his heart to anyone.
Her honor and glory stood atop a floor strewn with corpses. Yet as she faced the fallen souls and snow-like blossoms scattered across the ground, she could no longer tell who had truly won.
Amid the blood and bones, she clearly remembered that day, when the morning clouds rose and fragrant breezes drifted by. He clasped her hand and swore to the heavens with a smile: “In heaven, may we be birds that fly wing to wing; on earth, may we be branches entwined…”
She had thought they would be together until the end of time. But this sorrow, it seems, will never end!
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Ups and downs, one wave after another.