* A divine being rides a white horse, a heavenly maiden drives a blue ox.
Even the most cliche of tropes can make someone fall in love. *
[1]
"I've always had a wish.
I want to see a Khitan eagle give up the cobalt blue sky and willingly become my one and only protector."
[2]
Han Bi survived a night of catastrophe. When the new emperor ascended the throne, he purged his enemies. She had been the pride of heaven, but her entire family was sentenced to death for the fabricated crime of treason attributed to her father and brothers.
She had also experienced a moment of breathtaking beauty. While she was fleeing, a Khitan man's horse kicked up clouds of dust. He seemed to have come from the heavens, rescuing her from danger and delivering her from hardship.
The grasslands, strong liquor, fine horses, love songs. The mighty Song could not offer her a quiet refuge, so she would bloom freely and grow wild on Khitan soil.
From then on, her homeland and old kingdom would no longer be the center of her life. Only he could tread across ten thousand miles of her heart.
[3]
"Your humble servant has long admired you, my lord. I am willing to serve at your side and attend to your every need!"
"Song people are mostly deceitful, and you're the worst of them. Keep away from me!"
As the saying goes, when a woman pursues a man, there's only a thin veil between them.
This is probably a story about a woman pursuing a man across a veil of gold, a veil of silver, and a veil of iron... along with a "Come any closer and I'll kill myself" warning.
[4]
"If the mortal world is a great dream
In the dream, storms shatter stones and tiles across ten thousand miles
Who wants a great legacy to last as long as heaven and earth?
Should I promise him what he wants?"
From "The Great Dream"
A scheming, smooth-talking orphan from the Song, with a face thicker than a Khitan horse's hide X
A Khitan noble of the Liao, a human fortress who only wants to make a name for himself and conquer the Central Plains
[Reading Guide]
1. The background is inspired by the Liao and Song dynasties, with some fictionalized elements. Please don't nitpick the history.
2. The heroine has eyes only for the hero. The hero has eyes only for the realm.
3. A woman pursues a man. It's hard, hard, hard.
Theme: A woman pursuing a man is as difficult as the road to Shu.
