“I've been heartless since I was a child. My favorite pastime is dissecting all kinds of animals.
When my parents opened the door and saw me smiling as I dissected the corpse of an executed criminal, they could take it no longer and sent me to Licheng on the frontier.
As I wondered how to scare my grandfather, who loved his people like his own children, the gentle old man showed a stern expression for the first time and stopped the servants in the residence from gossiping.
He said I was born to be a general who kills.
How amazing. No one had ever placed such expectations on me before.
And so I became the only female general of this dynasty, with countless victories to my name.
Until, after I fought to the death defending the city, the emperor issued an order sending my grandfather to the enemy army to sue for peace.
I threw open the gates of Licheng. “This is my pledge of allegiance to your khan.”
