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When he was eighteen, Helian Yuan went hunting in the spring and accidentally wandered into a dense forest alone.
A black bear suddenly appeared and frightened him off his horse.
As he faced death, the sound of hooves thundered behind him.
An arrow flew through the air with a powerful gust and pierced the black bear.
He stood frozen, still shaken.
In his sight, a young woman rode toward him, dressed in a blazing red outfit.
She looked at him with undisguised scorn.
"With skills like that, you think you're fit to be Crown Prince?"
The shock and stirrings he felt in that moment clung to him like a bone-deep curse, impossible to shake.
Later, when the emperor weighed how to restrain the Ye family,
Helian Yuan took the initiative and suggested a clever plan: use marriage to bring their military power to heel.
No one knew what burning desire lay beneath that cold political calculation.
The young woman was peerless in the world, radiant as the morning sun.
He began to fantasize about her.
Such a dazzling light ought to shine upon him.
Theme: We can only pursue what lies ahead. I refuse to believe fate cannot be defied
