A Broken Branch [Angst]

The Jiang family has served the country and its people loyally for generations, but even that cannot outweigh the Emperor's command.

In the waning moonlight and gentle breeze, if I could choose, how I wish you could live in peace and happiness.

Fate's decree is clear. Without him, she would have been a female general charging across the Liaoyuan plains, slaying the enemy. Without her, he would have been an obscure prince of Yanjing. Life is but a dream; how few ever awaken from it? Her entire family was executed, but she was left alive and sent to the frontier to guard the nation and its people. What might have become a cherished memory had already faded into regret. She moved carefully, never revealing her strength. The emperor's throne was so cold, leaving me alone to keep watch over Jingwei.