Author's Note: This story is entirely fictional! Just enjoy reading it, and don't take it too seriously.
From antiquity until the end of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, the Central Plains endured years of warfare. Tribal alliances clashed again and again in their struggle to survive. Yu's son Qi founded China's first hereditary dynasty, the Xia. From then on, the realm passed from rule by all to rule by a single family. Unlike the Xia, where the throne passed from father to son, the Shang dynasty's practice of passing the throne from elder brother to younger brother brought with it no shortage of hidden dangers. Brothers slaughtered one another, and uncles and nephews fought for power, countless times over. Who wouldn't want to ascend the supreme throne, before which all the people bowed? The Shang dynasty was beset by troubles at home and abroad...
Yue Xian: Back then, I thought that talk of family, nation, and the realm meant nothing to me. My family was broken, my country destroyed. I could not live long, nor could I raise those in my care in peace. All I wanted was to live without calamity and grow old with the person I loved. Yet even such a simple wish was impossibly hard to fulfill.
Yue Xian: Zi Ying, it has been three months since we last met. I hope all has been well. I recently heard that the irises are blooming all across your father's state of Chen, and I long to see them too. A little over a month ago, my elder brother said he wanted to test a man's talents before taking him as a son-in-law. This is not what you want, little sister. With the gentle spring breeze upon us, I sincerely invite you to travel north and visit the capital. I will personally welcome you thirty li from the city, and leave the seat on my left for you.
Zi Xun: You are the most honored princess of the great Shang, its only royal daughter. How can you demean yourself like this for a man who has no feelings for you? Yue Xian, you had better pray that he comes to love you. Otherwise, I will kill him.
A familiar tale of a hero rescuing a beauty and the beauty repaying his kindness, but there is far more to it than that. In repaying this debt, Yue Xian loses far more than she gains. The story is entangled with national and family grudges, ambition and aspiration, a hero's helplessness, and, of course, love. But love cannot always be just a matter of romance...
Original work by the author. Do not borrow ideas or plot points. Title and blurb written on [2018.5.27]
As Yue Xian says, "Falling for a man whose heart belongs to someone else is the most poisonous potion in the world."
But there will be a huge twist later on, and it should be quite exciting. If you're interested, stay tuned.
The heroine is a chatterbox through and through, warmhearted and brave, optimistic and cheerful.
The hero... is hard to describe, because even he doesn't know what he wants.
Premise: Love makes people brave
This is one of my favorite books, so remember to update it!
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