Tales of the Wind Chimes

Tearjerker + tearjerker + tearjerker Story One: “The Northern Moon's Snow Falls on Nanyang” Everyone in Nanyang believed that Meng Shijing, the great general who had spent years fighting on the front lines, had been forced into a political marriage and had tried to turn it down several times. But who could have guessed that a year later, on a bustling street in the capital, the person riding before him on his white horse would be the unruly princess of Beiyue, while the great general Meng Shijing looked at her with unmistakable adoration? Most striking of all was how the people's eyes were drawn to the little princess. Her carefree spirit and singular charm made her seem like a goddess from Beiyue's snowy peaks. The Meng residence was decked out in wedding finery for ten miles, and the capital's streets were packed with onlookers. Yet just as they were about to bow to Heaven and Earth, the honorable general fled his own wedding!!! Years later, the general returned. The bride, who had never lifted her bridal veil, now sat with hair entirely white in the cold palace, waiting for the new emperor's cup of poison. Story Two: “Weaving Mats” Snow blanketed the little town as a shivering girl, who had not eaten for dozens of days, was rejected one after another by the local beggars. In the end, she spent the night tucked away in a cramped corner behind a manor. The next day, she found a warm sesame flatbread in her arms. One appeared every day after that, until she heard the young master of the manor order that the bandits be shown no mercy. Panicked and helpless, she fled. … But later, the young master of the manor searched frantically for any trace of the girl. Story Three: “Nian'an” …