No Joy in Meeting Again

A woman general raised amid wind and sand enters the palace as empress by imperial decree. But her heart already belongs to someone else. She nearly succumbs to the emperor's indulgence and affection, until she reunites with her beloved while searching for her missing brother and father, and realizes just how deeply she has been mistaken.

For her, he was willing to become a hostage and be imprisoned in a foreign land. But the emperor's ambition and lust for power drove the two apart.

The first time we met, I was a young lady and you were a commoner.

The second time we met, I was an empress and you were a general.

The third time our hearts drew close, you were in my heart, but could never again be by my side.