Longing for You

“Once you come of age, my father will ask His Majesty to arrange our marriage.” “You have to wait for me.” The young man’s promised marriage never came. Instead, word arrived that she was to be sent far away to marry into the Xiongnu. In the sixth month of the tenth year of the Tiande era, the Xiongnu invaded the northern border of Chu. Great Chu had ample provisions and a powerful army, but Emperor Tiande was mediocre and Prime Minister Guo held all the power. With slanderous rumors spreading unchecked, the court hesitated to go to war. In the end, the crisis was resolved by sending the eldest princess, Anyang, to marry for peace.