Yi Jiang and Zhou Fuzhi

Yi Jiang's three elder brothers died one after another, and she knew nothing about governing.

So she chose to marry the king's ninth son, Prince Fu Zhi, in order to preserve the precarious state of Qi, surrounded by powerful neighbors.

After Prince Fu Zhi married Yi Jiang, he ascended the throne as Marquis of Qi.

Marquis Fu Zhi did not disappoint her.

Over the ten years of their marriage, Qi skillfully navigated between the great powers and maintained a delicate yet stable balance. When Yi Jiang walked through the capital, she saw people smiling contentedly, their lives peaceful and secure.

However, while Marquis Fu Zhi was a capable statesman, he was hopeless at family matters.

He and Yi Jiang treated each other with respect, but he had a terrible relationship with his son Zhou Ban, whom he had brought from the royal capital to Qi's capital ten years ago.

Yi Jiang had raised Zhou Ban for ten years and loved him as if he were her own son. Zhou Ban, in turn, adored and respected her.

But as Zhou Ban grew up, he kept wanting to return to the royal capital and meet his birth mother. Fu Zhi was furious, and father and son argued about it repeatedly.

Caught between them, Yi Jiang felt even more exasperated than she had ten years ago.

On what should have been a peaceful spring day, Zhou Ban once again tried to sneak off to the royal capital. After Fu Zhi stopped him, Yi Jiang pinched the bridge of her nose and decided it was time to make a choice.

1. A very loosely imagined Spring and Autumn period;

2. Still a love story, Yi Jiang and Fu Zhi;

3. Inspired by an idea;

4. Probably won't be long, I'll write it as the mood takes me.

Theme: Love has more than one way of being expressed, and it takes different forms for different people.