Plucking a Branch

Perhaps Elder Sister’s marriage truly did win the Li Kingdom a brief period of peace. That was not Father Emperor’s fault. For the sake of justice for Elder Sister, for the peace of my country, and for my elder brother’s great ambitions, I chose the same path of political marriage as she had, hoping only that my sacrifice might bring the Li Kingdom peace for a lifetime. Who could have guessed that a lonely cloud, no matter how much it longed to linger in the sky, could never move the wind’s heart. It was destined to drift all its life, and be lonely all its life. The man she married was never one to keep to his place; the tears she shed were never the sort to stir compassion. Should she go, or stay? Should she give up, or hold on? A life that seemed set in stone could not resist the whims of fate. Like duckweed carried by the current, what could she do about the tangled bonds of family... Serialized on Luoluo Chinese Fiction