When she heard that her husband had died, Shang Zhaoying felt her mind go blank.
Beside the bed, her thoughts drifted away.
She remembered how, after they married, they had treated each other with respect and lived much like any other couple. But time revealed their true selves to one another, and their feelings gradually grew warmer.
Yet in the eyes of those in power, they were nothing more than pawns.
An assassination took the life of Xiao Jingxian, a civil official, and all the Xiao family received in return was a heap of praise from the emperor.
Her husband had only just won her heart, and now he was gone. Shang Zhaoying had no time to grieve. She had to hold the family together.
But in the quiet hours of the night, a faint ache still welled up in her heart.
Theme: Cherish what you have
