I Hate That Even the Gods Won't Save Me

[A short writing exercise]. The two armies face off, and my lord is in grave danger. I will assassinate the enemy commander. He was the breathtaking sight that caught my eye in the spring of my youth, and the person I am about to kill. Two couples: The Emperor of the Great Jin and the Princess of the New Dynasty: a tragic, passionate romance The strategist and the rising general: a friendship forged in youth A ruler faces a ruler, a general faces a general. The two sides also have their own bonds: the Emperor and the rising general share a brotherly friendship, while the Princess and the strategist have a sisterly bond worth shipping. The main characters' names are all inspired by figures from the Three Kingdoms, but this is not Three Kingdoms fanfiction. The characters simply share certain traits with those figures. For example, the heroine Xun Xingcai (Xun Yu + Zhang Xingcai). Theme: Duty to family and country