During the years Xiao Yiheng lived as a hostage in Nanliang, Li Tang stood by Lu Feiyu countless times, watching coldly as he was bullied.
Li Tang thought he must hate her.
So when Nanliang fell and she, a princess of a conquered nation, became a prisoner, he appeared before her again, watching coolly as she sank into the dust.
Her childhood sweetheart and former fiancé, Lu Feiyu, defected to the enemy and betrayed his country, transforming himself into the heir to the Prince of Pingnan in Beiyue.
When she had endured every hardship, he stood before her like a savior, his voice full of sincerity. “Tangtang, I’ll take you away.”
Xiao Yiheng only looked at her calmly. “Go with him and become the heir of Pingnan’s consort, or come with me and become a concubine in the Prince of Chengyang’s household.”
“I will give you only one chance to choose.”
Li Tang knelt without hesitation. “An enemy may be loathsome, but a traitor... is beyond forgiveness.”
“Guilty woman Li Tang... is willing to enter the Prince of Chengyang’s household as a concubine.”
Dying for one’s country is undeniably heroic, but while there is still life... there are things one would risk everything to accomplish.
Everyone has Ming in their name, Zhaoning, Wanning, and Yining