Beyond Salvation

While attending his friend's funeral, Yang Yuan learned his closest friend's secret and, along the way, took in a rebellious, unruly little thing. He protected and indulged him, giving him everything he wanted, and personally raised a desperate young man into a great general who pacified the north and south. Yet once the realm was united, the person he'd once cherished had become a sharp blade hanging over his head.

We share golden cups of wine, but spare each other no mercy with drawn blades.

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When the crafty hare is dead, the hounds are cooked; when the birds are gone, the good bows are put away.

If you'd known how it would end, would you still have come with me at the Wei River?

An ambitious, calculating, and yet passionate and heartless emperor meets his mentally unstable, beautiful, unhinged great general. An IF side story continuing "Golden Palace".

Both protagonists are adults and are unrelated by blood.

Theme: We should learn from history and face the challenges of the future with resolve.