[Plot]+[History]+[Forbidden Love]+[Family and Country]
He is the last tombkeeper of Zhou Li, and she is the sharpest hidden blade in Chu State.
A political marriage closely intertwined the fates of Zeng Hou Yi and Princess Mi Ying of Chu. He cast nine tripods, tuned bells, used rituals and music as weapons, and guarded the extinguishing fire of civilization in the cracks of the nations; she watched the stars at night and secretly conveyed military intelligence, which was the dagger in her father's hand that stabbed Zeng Guo.
But when the "correct tone" of the chimes becomes law, when the flow of stars becomes intelligence, and when the tone of the fifth rhythm always shifts away from the line, they realize that each other has already heard the thunder in the silent place.
He is her king, and she is his spy; he wants to regain his ways, and she wants to destroy the Zeng Kingdom.
But that night when the tent was broken by the riverside, he recited the Book of Songs for her, and she said, "If there is an afterlife, I will only be a pair of chime-beaters by the Luoshui River."
He replied, "It is very good to strike the chime. However, I still have to strike the bell. For you, I will strike the sound of peace for the rest of my life."
Then, he sounded "Dawu" and led the whole army to die.
Two thousand years later, archaeologists found a fragment of silver foil in the belly of Chime Bell, which wrote, "Yi, not a marquis, not a king, the tombkeeper of Zhou Li. Chu Ying, not a spy, not a queen, I think she is the one who died together."
It turns out that the deepest betrayal is love; the most heroic sacrifice for one's country is fulfillment.
