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On the day her father and brothers died in battle and the Marquis’s household was stripped of its title, Du Ruo met him in the city for the first time.
The emperor’s accusation of “shirking battle” erased three generations of the Du family’s loyal service. Her mother died in the imperial court, securing a future for Du Ruo and her two children.
“I know you feel wronged. I can make it up to you. Tell me what you want.”
She sneered. “What if I said I want to be Princess Consort of Jin?”
“Zhilan… this is no trivial matter.”
She turned away and took her leave, following her master to roam the land:
“What I want is one person, wholly devoted to me. If you can’t give me that, I don’t want you.”
When they meet again, this time he takes a blade for her, defies an imperial decree for her, and traverses the land for her, all for the chance to say, “Du Ruo, I want only you, and I’ll give you my whole heart.”
But the battle over succession has reached its fiercest point:
The Empress Dowager and the Chancellor are poised to act, while blades and bloodshed close in on the Eastern Palace.
Prince Jin vows to protect the Crown Prince, but through one bloody battle after another, he comes to understand:
All the power in the world is worth less than a single glance from her.
So he turns, draws his sword, quells the rebellion at home, then ventures into the martial world. The new emperor wants him to stay at court, but he walks away, determined to bring her home as the one and only Princess Consort of Jin.
Later, on their wedding night, he lowers his head and kisses her fingertips. “I once thought the empire came first. Now I know that without you, even a thousand miles of mountains and rivers are barren.”
One man and one woman, devoted only to each other; political intrigue + martial-world adventures; a heroine who grows; a hero who must fight to win his wife back. A mix of heartbreak and sweetness.
The orphaned daughter of a marquis’s household rises to rule the world as a physician;
The cold-blooded Prince Jin bows his head to one woman alone.