Years of Peace

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[Blurb] The palace hall is surrounded by enemies, and Sui An is the lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

The man who claimed to be an assassin has suddenly transformed into a prince of the enemy kingdom.

His bloodstained appearance concealed, he stands in splendid robes, holding a bloodstained wedding cloth in his slender hand as he lists her crimes before the court, condemning her as a princess sent to marry for an alliance.

Every word strikes at her heart.

"Princess Sui An of Zhou has lost her chastity and is unfit for a political marriage."

"The Kingdom of Zhou sent an unchaste princess here to marry. Their intentions are plain for all to see."

"The alliance between our kingdoms must be put on hold."

"The wedding must be stopped at once."

Sui An can no longer hear what he says after that.

Every gaze in the hall turns toward her, like blades of frost and steel, slicing into her skin.

Tears stream down her face, and her head pounds with pain.

Everyone says she is stupid, and Sui An thinks so too. Otherwise, how could she have mistaken a hunter for a good person?

Mistaken deception for sweet words.

She is the stupidest princess in the world.

But she is a princess, after all...

The hall falls silent. Sui An removes the long hairpin from her head, presses it to her throat, and shouts in a hoarse, breaking voice, "I will take my own life to atone. This has nothing to do with the Kingdom of Zhou!"

The girl's words ring through the hall. Xie Jue's glittering, peach-blossom eyes suddenly lift, and just as they begin to dim, blood wells up in his throat.

Xie Jue never imagined that such a delicate princess, one who needed him to soothe her even if he so much as touched her finger, would have the courage to take her own life in the palace hall for the sake of her country.

Nor could he have imagined that, later, in his desperation to earn her forgiveness, he would go mad like a dog.

But being like a dog won't help him now.

Theme: Only sincerity can be repaid with sincerity