A general’s daughter and an emperor, a lifetime spent loving each other in vain. Blood stains the red beans, and longing becomes a sickness.
“She died in the red bean grove of the Southern Kingdom, her blood soaking through the tokens of longing.”
Shen Yue, a female general of the Lan Kingdom, is carefree by nature and loves strong liquor and fast horses. In her youth, she is inseparable from Prince Wei Mu. They drink together in the market streets, laughing and cursing at the world.
Until her father falls in battle. She casts off her innocence, dons armor and takes up her sword, becoming the sharpest blade of the Lan Kingdom.
As for Wei Mu, the boy who once promised to roam the world with her, fate ultimately pushes him onto the throne, where he becomes a lonely emperor.
“He marries her younger sister.”
Shen Li, the younger sister she loves most, is as gentle as water, yet schemes at every turn. In the end, she climbs into the imperial bed and becomes the woman at the emperor’s side.
“She takes her sister’s place in a political marriage.”
The enemy khan demands a daughter of the Shen family. Wei Mu intends to send Shen Li, but Shen Yue kneels before the throne and volunteers to marry abroad.
She would rather die on the battlefield than watch them grow old together in love.
“She is defeated and captured, yet wins the heart of an enemy prince.”
Mu Nuoyi admires her unyielding spirit, Mu Nuoman is won over by her defiance, and even Ruan Ya, a songstress from the enemy kingdom, is willing to die for her.
But Shen Yue’s heart has long been buried in the imperial palace of the Lan Kingdom, buried with the emperor who will never smile at her again.
“In the end, she dies in the red bean grove of the Southern Kingdom.”
Blood stains her red robes, and her longing burns to ashes.
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The writing is very good and worth reading