[Strong heroine] [Revenge] [Personal growth]
Born to nobility, she is a princess and priestess upon whom great hopes are placed.
Her family is murdered, her lover betrays her, and her enemies circle like wolves.
For revenge, she takes up a scimitar and marches to the battlefield again and again, tempered by blood and fire.
She makes herself a piece on the board to protect her family and make the Khitan flourish.
“Father, Chiyu promises you: wherever water flows and grass grows, I will make it a pasture for the Khitan...”
This is the coming-of-age story of Chiyu, a young Khitan noblewoman, set before the founding of the Liao Dynasty. Born into a ruling family, she lives through internal struggles on the grasslands and wars of expansion, and witnesses the turmoil and upheaval at the end of the Tang Dynasty. As loved ones leave her, her lover betrays her, and enemies close in, Chiyu faces danger time and again. Through schemes and heartbreak, she gradually sheds her innocence and naivety, battling fate with courage and cunning. She helps her nephew Abaoji unite the grasslands and establish the Liao Dynasty. After weathering countless trials and settling old scores, Chiyu finally finds inner freedom and peace.
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