The night the Shen family was imprisoned, everyone in the capital was betting on when I would break off the engagement.
I stepped on blood-soaked white brocade boots and found him in the deepest cell of the prison.
The iron chain locked his lute bones, and the hand that once held the bow and shot the eagle was now trembling even when he made a fist.
The jailor's light flickered across his blood-stained brows, and the eyes that once reflected the stars beyond the wall were now nothing but dead gray.
"Can you still stand up?" I squatted down and cut the hemp rope around his wrist with a dagger.
He raised his head suddenly and said in a hoarse voice like an old bellows: "The eldest lady of the Chu family... Shouldn't be in a place like this."
I didn't answer, I just took out a jade pendant from my arms and gave it to him: "Jiangnan Bank holds half of the Chu family's property. You can get it with this seal."
He took off the betrothal hosta on his head and gently placed it in his palm.
"If you win, come back and marry me," I stroked the bloody hair on his forehead, "If you lose... I'll jump off the cliff with you."
He stared at me, his Adam's apple rolling.
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Five years later, a celebration banquet was held in Jinluan Palace.
He was dressed in a purple and gold python robe and was granted the title of Duke of the Town. Sitting next to him is Hu Ji, whom he brought back from Mobei, pouring wine for him.
The Holy Emperor's drunken eyes were dim and he asked with a smile: "I heard that Aiqing and the Chu family had an engagement?"
He twisted the glass cup and looked at me in the corner of His Highness.
The moment their eyes met, the corners of his lips curved carelessly.
"Your Majesty is just joking, it's just Miss Chu's wishful thinking when she was young."
Snow suddenly fell outside the hall.
It's very similar to the night I carried him out of prison five years ago...
Intention: The wind and snow know the purpose of return, and do not cross the thin lover