[A poised, gentle princess x a ruthless, unhinged general]
[Childhood sweethearts + political intrigue + a long road to winning her back + love and hate] A tragic romance
The male lead is timid and submissive at first, but becomes ruthless and unhinged later.
[In this life, aside from my homeland, you are the only one I have ever written the moon for.]
Jing Heng is the noble princess of the Tianbei Dynasty, cherished by all. Chu Yi, meanwhile, is an insignificant nobody who was left at the mercy of others after his entire family was executed. His heart is set on avenging them.
When they first meet, he retrieves her kite. She asks what reward he wants. Raising an eyebrow, he replies with a hearty laugh, “To stay by your side at all times. Would that be possible?” And so he becomes the princess’s bodyguard.
He wants to distinguish himself through service, so she petitions for him, step by step, until he is given the position of vanguard. He promises that when he returns victorious from battle, he will give her a grand wedding procession stretching a hundred li.
He wages war year after year, earning glorious victories and being granted the title of general. His career rises smoothly from then on.
She lies awake night after night, praying to the Moon Goddess to keep him safe. Yet when he returns victorious, he brings back a woman from the desert.
Years later, when they have gone their separate ways, she asks, “If I were to forget everything, would you be willing to forget it all with me?”
He says, “I will always remember.”
At the empress’s coronation, blood stains her red robes.
“All my life, I have lived trapped in your schemes and calculations.”
