When she falls in love, she gives her whole heart and willingly loses herself in it.
When she turns cold, she shuts her heart with a single click and cuts off all affection without hesitation.
Jian Cun: You knew everything from the start, yet pretended to love me deeply. Did you ever have even the slightest bit of sincerity?
Shao Mancang: I bent the rules for you and protected you time and again. In the end, all you did was use me to make your escape!
Duan Ling: I paved the way for you among the aristocratic clans and shielded you from every criticism. And you turned around and crushed all my hopes?
Hou Fengyuan: I told you everything about the mountains and rivers of the Northern Frontier, even my insights into mounted warfare. Was all this mutual respect just a stepping stone for you?
Wei Jun: I backed your great cause with the old ministers and the imperial clan. Then you turned around and purged us completely. Was affection nothing but a pretext for seizing power to you?
Jiang Zhaohuan's gaze was unwavering. "Love means less to me than the lives of the people."
When the flames of war finally died down, she ascended the throne and ruled all under heaven.
Above the masses, no one dared ask how deeply she loved. Only the vast lands and rivers remained, and she alone stood supreme.
Theme: Love for all people surpasses everything
