A tale of family and country, of staking everything on the game.
The Crown Prince was young, the emperor died, and a young emperor ascended the throne, with the Grand Princess acting as regent. She supported her younger brother, steadied the court, purged treacherous ministers, and appointed the worthy.
Everyone said she had the bearing of an empress, but no ambition to become one.
But who knew that the exalted Grand Princess Zhengyang secretly honored the traitor on the very same day every year, the anniversary of his death?
He was a chivalrous man, yet an unintentional mistake entangled him in a murder case:
He left home as a boy, was robbed by a passing stranger, and, penniless, wandered the streets with his life hanging by a thread.
That year, the heavy snow brought him a packet of pastries and a paper umbrella.
As her favored companion, he donned armor and went to war, expanding the empire's borders.
Entrusted by the late emperor to protect the young heir, he was a veteran of two reigns. Yet instead of serving as an example to the officials, he spoke recklessly and brazenly, sold government posts, took bribes, broke the law, slaughtered loyal subjects, defied the emperor, and plotted rebellion to seize the throne.
The victor is king and the vanquished a villain. The world condemned him as a treacherous rebel, saying he had received the late emperor's favor and climbed to the heights of power, only to betray that kindness. They called him a traitor deserving the wrath of heaven and earth!
As autumn winds stirred his longing to return home, all he could do was accept the cup of poisoned wine bestowed by the emperor.
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The Grand Princess and the Ugly General
People Are Like Grass
Walking Through a Chaotic World
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