Hu Sanniang of the Water Margin

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The Hu family once had a third daughter who was as beautiful as a flower and as spirited as a hero. Qinghe County once had the dashing, handsome, and debonair Ximen, the great lord.

The Great Song once had Lin Chong, the valiant instructor of the 800,000 imperial guards, and Wu Song, the tiger-slaying hero with his perfect, bronze-toned features. But then...

They all met such tragic ends...

And so, Hu Sanniang awoke from her dream.

Heaven took pity on her and sent her a warning in a dream. In that blood-soaked nightmare, a short, lecherous man lunged at her...

Lord Ximen, Wu Erlang, and Instructor Lin, stay here and help me change our fates and get revenge!

Ximen Qing glanced sideways and grinned. “This young lady is different. I want her.”

Wu Song's bronze cheeks flushed. “You're the first girl I've ever liked. I've never fought anyone for a woman, but this time, please let me be impulsive.”

Lin Chong grabbed Wang Ying by the collar. “I won't let someone like you harass her!”

Pan Jinlian will be a vicious second female lead early on, but will turn over a new leaf for the strategist Wu Yong in the middle and later parts.

After they were engaged,

He gently pinned her against the wall beneath the apricot blossoms and curled his lips into a smile. “Wife, I've sampled every herb there is. How could I not recognize a laxative? Why did you put it in the chicken soup to poison your own husband?”

She punched him. “I was engaged to someone else already. You're stealing me away! I won't go with you!”

When the Liao troops captured the capital, he risked his life to protect her, holding her close. “Of the three thousand beauties, I choose only you.”

But she said goodbye with a carefree smile. “You wouldn't give up everything for just one person.”

Theme: Stand atop the highest peak and behold all the other mountains below