The meeting between Gu Xuanqing and Bai Shaoqing was, to some extent, driven by ulterior motives. Whatever national and familial duty they carried on their shoulders, the fact that she flirted with him and then fell for him herself doomed them to a tragedy in which fate brought them together but would not let them stay together.
An Yongye could only blame himself for arriving too late. It was too late when they met, too late when she flirted with him, and too late when he fell for her. Perhaps getting to know each other and spending time together could have made her look back at him, but in the end, it could not change the fate of losing her. So he took on the national and familial duty they had shared, and finished what the others had left undone.
From the very beginning, their meeting proved a saying: "Dare not dwell on love, but duty must not be abandoned."
Life is vast, and the long night is lonely. How many people do we meet who are truly worth talking about? Having been born into this world, one must avenge wrongs, repay kindness, and look after the nation and its people. Only then has one truly lived as a human being.
When you first read it, you will feel it is messy, but as you continue reading, you will find that the author has a loose thread. The story is very fast-paced. Although it is a bit loose, every time you update a chapter, you will feel like "ah, it turns out that this is echoing the previous place, so this is what it means." I think it is quite interesting.