She is Princess Huan of Chaoyin City, peerlessly beautiful and beloved by all under heaven.
He is a refined, gentle prince, like red jade on a sheer cliff, bound to her by a promise beneath plum blossoms.
Yet when he faces her, his eyes turn bloodshot. He grips her arm tightly: “What are you trying to do? Become a favored concubine? Climb into the emperor’s bed? Become empress?”
He is a bewitching envoy from a foreign land, with nine beauties prostrating themselves before him and an allure beyond compare.
When these two formidable people meet, he reaches out and grips her chin: “So you’re Princess Huan, famed for your beauty? How about spending the night with me?”
He is a carefree young master who lives beyond the world, dressed in flowing white and standing with a flute in hand.
His silver robe is stained with blood. “Even if I have to die for you in this life, that alone is more than enough for me...”
The plot of the story is very good and it is worth reading in one sitting.