Four years ago, the Yongjia incident occurred.
Eighteen-year-old Xie Hengzhou was standing in the ranks of the rebels and saw a young girl standing on the palace steps from a distance. Surrounded by fire and swords, she didn't cry or run, she just stood there with her back straight.
He thought she died that night.
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Four years later, outside Suzhou City.
Ruan Qingqu dragged a man across the threshold in the rain and gave him stitches. He said his name was Jiang Du, and she said her name was Shen Qing. She didn't ask about his origins, and he didn't ask about her past. They played chess, changed dressings, and sat in silence in the same medicine house.
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The truth is revealed.
She is the last princess of the previous dynasty. He is the sharpest knife in the new dynasty.
Her brother died in that palace incident, and his family stood in the right position during that palace incident.
It has been raining in Jiangnan for a long time...
They played a game of chess, from killing each other to almost falling in love, and finally walked to the top of the city tower, surrounded by the night wind.
She said: "Xie Hengzhou, you are the only one in the world who can tie me."
He said: "Maybe we didn't lose this game of chess."
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She always thought that they first met on that rainy night in Suzhou. He didn't tell her for twenty years—their first meeting was four years ago. She stood on the palace steps without looking back, but he stood in the corner, out of reach.
She, the clear water, and his, Ye Guzhou, were separated by a whole world, but they could not cross it in the end.
Purpose: The independence and sobriety of the female community, and the supremacy of family and country justice