Love Falls into the Underworld, Where No Lantern Lights the Yellow Springs

Before the army set out, the emperor issued a decree: whoever could ensure Huo Zheng’s victorious return would become the future empress.

I held the Yin Tiger Tally, which allowed me to command thirty thousand shadow soldiers. Everyone thought I was the obvious choice.

But Huo Zheng returned before the Ghost Festival with a new companion: a military strategist who was a woman disguised as a man.

I waited and waited, holding the imperial decree granting me marriage to him, only to see Huo Zheng releasing lanterns on the lake with that woman.