Ancient Proverbs | Sadomasochism | Chasing Wife at the Crematorium | Sober Heroine | The Heart-Dead Queen
She has been queen for twelve years and no one has ever asked her what she likes.
On the day of her birthday, the imperial concubine poured boiling tea on the back of her hand. The emperor stood up and frowned: "Why can't you even hold the teacup securely?" She looked down at the hot red back of her hand and suddenly laughed, until the whole palace was silent.
There was an emergency in the north, and no one in the whole court dared to respond. Wearing her father's old armor, she walked into the Golden Palace, bowed and nocked an arrow, and asked, "Who else is going besides me?" On the day of the expedition, she rode out of the city and never looked back.
On the day when the good news came back, the emperor sat with the letter in his hand all night. On the day of her triumphant return, the emperor waited for a long time at the city gate. The soup she brought, the tea she handed over, and every sentence she said "Your Majesty is interested" were the same as before. But she couldn't tell from which day, those words seemed to have a layer of separation, they were polite, neither far nor close.
Later, when she handed over the letter of separation, the emperor asked her if she hated him. She thought about it and said she didn't hate it. She packed up a sword and a baggage and walked out of the palace gate, never looking back again.
The emperor kept the lights on all night every year in the twelfth lunar month. Some people said that the lights were placed for her in the north, but she never turned around once. In the past, she guarded the empty palace for him for twelve years, but later she only guarded a border gate for herself.
The sky is high and the sea is vast, never look back.
