Where you hold office, you must fulfill your duties.
Her Highness, Princess Jinhe of Min, married the new emperor of Qi and became empress.
Both kingdoms believed their own efforts had brought this about, but… in truth, it was the result of a plan hatched by the emperor and empress together.
Her Highness declared: “I’ll do what a princess is expected to do. Once that’s done, I’ll become a wealthy, powerful, free woman!”
His Majesty declared: “I need to be on good terms with Min, free from constraints, reclaim the lands north of the frontier, and bring the realm under my rule!”
They saw eye to eye.
(Some birds
are simply not meant to be kept in cages,
because every one of their feathers
shines with the radiance of freedom.)
