The realm or the beloved: which matters more?
She was born into a family of generals and was well-read, yet she loved nothing more than roaming the world with a sword at her side, savoring the freedom of life among ordinary people.
He was a talented and exceptional illegitimate prince. After a bloody battle on the border, his subjects placed their hopes in him to unite the realm.
In April, in Jinzhou, amid the drifting snow of spring, they met and pledged to roam the vast world together.
But he was a man willing to give up everything for his beautiful realm. Believing she had betrayed him, he forced her to marry the son of the powerful chancellor, all to win the chancellor's support.
On a night lit by red candles, the moment she lifted her ornate veil, she smiled through her tears and asked her new husband, "If one day you lose everything because of me, what will you do?"
He smiled and replied, "It doesn't matter, as long as I'm still by your side."
She thought her life would be peaceful from then on. But an upheaval changed everything, and she fell from the heights everyone envied into the dust. When she looked up again, his eyes were still full of hatred.
It turned out that she had to defend her life, her happiness, her love, and everything she had all by herself.
