She is the most hateful, wicked, and deserving of death woman under heaven; she is also the gentlest, wisest, and most deserving of pity.
The woman he pursued so desperately turned out to be someone like this.
Her name is Bai Pingting. She was once the top maid in the Prince of Jing'an's household in Guile, and the indispensable strategist to the young Prince of Jing'an. It was thanks to her that Guile was able to stand against Donglin for so many years.
Those who achieve great military distinction rarely meet a good end. The Prince of Jing'an's household was no exception. After an accident, she was sold to Donglin, where, by a twist of fate, she met the man who had always opposed her on the battlefield: Chu Beijie, Prince of Zhenbei.
At first, Chu Beijie did not know who she was, and she deliberately concealed her identity so she could learn the whereabouts of the young Prince of Jing'an.
But how could Chu Beijie, a man capable of matching her, be so ordinary as to let her deceive him?
So she kept secrets from him, and he deceived her. Yet as the days passed, their feelings grew ever stronger.
But the day of reckoning came all the same.
He tested her with a prisoner, then she lured him into an ambush. When they finally faced each other with weapons in hand, there was nothing left to hide.
The tenderness they shared day and night, the love that sank to the bone, was real.
Their mutual deceptions and carefully laid schemes were real, too.
In the end, she still chose her country. Even though she spent night after night gazing at the moon, her soul torn apart, she said, “Please go, Your Highness. Pingting will not see you off.”
It's hard to imagine how she felt in that moment. Her love was real, and so was her loyalty to her people. Choosing duty over love is noble, but what torment must she have suffered in her heart?
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