The lotus lantern in the General's Mansion was lit and extinguished. The firelight reflected her lowered eyebrows and the frost on his black armor.
She hid the jade pendant from the front and rubbed the secretly engraved word "Zhao" on her fingertips. His deep words of "I will protect you from now on" were still in her ears.
After seven years of companionship, she thought the light would stay on forever, until the snowy night in the hunting palace——
He unsheathed his sword and put the blade at her throat. His eyes were colder than she had ever seen before.
Only then did she realize that the lights would be extinguished, the vows would be broken, and the person who had shielded her from the arrow would eventually have a blood feud with her.
"I am willing to burn all my seven souls and six souls just to follow your way back."
