The heroine, Yun Zhijin, is the granddaughter of the Duke of Weiguo, a founding hero and lord of Yunzhong City in the Great Ye Kingdom. Her father is Yun Chu, the Grand Tutor, and she is also the granddaughter of Shi Hu, another founding hero and the Grand General Who Quells the North. When Yun Chu tried to divorce his wife and marry another woman, Yun Zhijin’s grandfather opposed him and, in a fit of rage, drove him out of the family home. Her grandfather then fell gravely ill from anger and passed the position of lord of Yunzhong City to her fourteen-year-old brother, Yun Zhien. When Shi Hu heard what had happened, he told his daughter to divorce the faithless man. She refused, so Shi Hu brought his daughter and granddaughter to the Shi residence and gave his granddaughter Yun Zhijin the name Shi Yunfei. The heroine grew up by her maternal grandfather’s side. At twelve, she left home for the capital of the Great Ye Kingdom to find her father. She lived for two years with her father and the woman he loved. When she met her half-sister, who had grown up in the palace alongside a princess, she discovered that her sister had the same name as her. In a fit of anger, she ran away from home. She was adopted by Madam Shen, the old lady of the Lin Chancellor’s household, and her four...
Only when we were gazing at each other across the mountain did I learn that you, too, were about to leave. The mountain hid your radiance, leaving it to fall on me alone. I burned myself so people would remember your brilliance. Even the green hills could not conceal me. Guilt made me keep your warmth all to myself, though I never gave you the love you deserved. It wasn’t that you weren’t good enough. I was already covered in wounds when I arrived. She held her unharmed heart in trembling hands, waiting for you to come closer, waiting for the person who had brought her into marriage. She waited a long time. You said you loved her, so why didn’t you take her hand and walk away with her? After being loved and then abandoned again and again, she began to wonder if she simply wasn’t good enough. Hiding in a corner, she pieced her confidence back together. Just as she finally realized that love took effort from both people, she gathered her courage and walked toward you, only to be abandoned once more.
