When Great Qi sent its bride north, Shi Yingshuang, a disgraced official’s daughter, was dispatched to the Northern Di to seal a marriage alliance. The old dreams she once cherished south of the city, Shen Huaijin’s gentle warmth, and the favor of the powerful all became things of the past. Across endless dunes of yellow sand, she planned each step carefully, struggling to survive amid danger. In a strange land, she endured a tangle of love and hatred, and the grievances between nations and families. See how this woman sent away to marry carves out a life of her own amid the turmoil of a chaotic age.
