When the autumn rain fell, Xie Yun was standing under the eaves of Wuyi Lane.
She was desperate. Her mother died young, and her stepmother secretly suppressed her. The implementation of the marriage plan made her a thorn in the side of the old Manchu clan. A handful of poison hidden in a tea cup at the palace banquet almost killed her.
When she was carried out of the side hall by Xiao Che, covered in blood, she thought that this would be the end of her life.
But the poor general who called her "the beetle that eats the country" in the court broke off the imperial jade belt around his waist in front of the emperor and officials - there was a mutton-fat jade pendant hidden in the interlayer, with her name engraved on it.
He stayed for ten years.
On that rainy afternoon, she stood in front of him with her body in a state of embarrassment. Everyone was waiting for her to speak - to ask for an official position, to ask for power, to ask for a backstage that no one could touch.
Xie Yun raised his eyes and stared straight at his face. His voice was soft and steady due to the sound of rain.
"I don't want anything else. You marry me, and I'll marry you. Let's fight this battle together."
The man was stunned for a moment, then took off the white jade pendant that still had body temperature and tied it around her wrist.
"The jade pendant returns to the Lord, and so does the person." He knelt on one knee in the rain and looked up at her, "You have the final say."
——After that day, everyone in the city knew that the mud-legged general who hated the noble daughter of the Xie family the most had surrendered himself to her with half of his life. Ten years later, the jade pendant returned to the old friend, and the whole life was full of hardships.
A gripping, high-quality book!