When she took the surname Xia, she knew she would never escape the red-lacquered walls and tiled roofs for the rest of her life. She wore the ceremonial robes of a commandery princess. As she entered the great hall and accepted the imperial edict, she knew her fate had already been decided. She was destined to become a sacrifice to those so-called peace treaties between nations, nothing more than a hostage princess offered to the Northern Han Kingdom. She knew that once she left, she would never set foot in the Kingdom of Wusu again.
Dressed in bright red bridal robes, she stood outside the city walls and gazed at the Son of Heaven on the ramparts and the vast grasslands beyond. Tears fell despite herself as her red bridal veil fluttered in the wind. Today she would bid farewell to the grasslands and marry a stranger, yet before long, the two of them would write a love story for the ages.
Just then, the familiar melody of the Buyao song rang across the grasslands, so mournful...
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