Great Tang: Spreading My Lineage Across the Northern Frontier

The sound of chains scraping across the floor of the Chen family’s main hall grated on the ears as the clan patriarch sentenced Chen Xuan, the concubine-born son, to exile in the northern frontier for embezzling clan property. The bead curtain was lifted, and Princess Li Xiuning, the nation’s defender, stepped out of a side hall. “I’ll choose a few people for him.” As the prisoners were led in, their chains scraped softly across the blue bricks. Li Xiuning raised a hand and pointed to the three men at the front, then glanced at me.