A Beauty Beyond Compare, Her Lord Falling Deeper by the Day

The northern and southern provinces have been at odds for years, bound by an old feud. The North attacks the South, whose military strength has dwindled. Hoping to form a marriage alliance with the North, it approaches Xiao Yi, the Northern ruler, a brave and battle-hardened man determined to conquer the South outright. His strategist advises him: “The Yun family has two daughters. The southern lands boast eight parts scenery, but the Yun girls have ten parts beauty. Since the Yun family wishes to make peace, if Your Highness takes one of them, you can claim Yanmen without losing a single soldier. Wouldn’t the South then be yours for the taking?” Xiao Yi declares, “I will not marry a Yun girl!” Then comes the face-slapping! After they marry, Xiao Yi is completely smitten!!!