The Splendid Starry River: The Huo Family's Little Princess

(Romance takes center stage, with the plot in a supporting role; the original couple stays together; the heroine grows over time) Emperor Wen has a much-favored young daughter. They say she is the orphaned daughter of General Huo Chong, the sole survivor of the fall of a besieged city: Huo Wuyan. Emperor Wen adopted her as his own and bestowed upon her the imperial surname, making her Wen Jingyao, the Eleventh Princess. Cool and self-possessed yet clever and adorable, the young lady inspires both affection and exasperation. She always knows where to draw the line between ruler and subject, and the Third Prince, who is devoted to matters of the heart, finds her more and more virtuous, magnanimous, and brilliant. She never plays favorites or meddles in others' affairs. Isn't she exactly the perfect princess consort he has searched high and low for? But the young lady always stands her ground and argues with him until they're both red in the face, leaving on bad terms. The road to winning her hand is still long and hard. Caught in sudden disaster amid the chaos of war, Huo Wuyan chose a path of no return in order to survive and keep the blade above her head from striking. Whether she lived or died, she would fight to the bitter end. For one person, for her family; for thousands, for her country; for all the people, for the world. That was why she went forward without hesitation, willing to embrace whatever came. The warmth and coldness of human nature, the greater good of family and country: within the imperial palace, some things simply never go as hoped.