Golden Sparrow on a Branch (Reborn)

A beautiful, clever princess from the Western Regions x a handsome, carefree young general from the Central Plains

A story about two people falling for each other!

In her previous life, Wutuli (Shang Zhi) was deceived by her mother and elder brother. She willingly went to a neighboring kingdom to marry for political reasons, helping her brother win allies and secure his throne. Sadly, only after arriving did she learn that the man she was to marry was nearly seventy.

She suffered endless humiliation in the neighboring kingdom, stripped of her identity and dignity and trampled into the dirt. The only thing that kept her going was her brother's parting promise: "Wutuli, this is only temporary. Wait for me. Wait for me to come bring you home."

Sadly, she waited until the day she died, but the person who was supposed to bring her home never came.

After being reborn, Wutuli (Shang Zhi) finally woke up to the truth: she was nothing more than a pawn to be discarded at will. She refused to repeat the same mistakes, but she was powerless and had little chance of standing up to her ruthless mother and heartless brother.

The night before she was to be sent away to marry, she slipped out of the palace beneath the moonlight. The world was vast. Surely there was somewhere she could call home?

But why had she ended up in the Central Plains without even realizing it?

The man from the Central Plains she met that day had a pair of sharp, hawklike eyes that frightened her. Were all Central Plains people as fearsome as he was?

At first meeting~

Wutuli (Shang Zhi): His eyes look so fierce. What an ill-mannered man from the Central Plains!

Xu Shuci: Eyes like silk, what a foreign woman skilled at bewitching people!

Later~

Wutuli (Shang Zhi): Actually, I think he's pretty gentle.

Xu Shuci: Mm, she really is good at bewitching people.

Reading guide: 1. The heroine's growth is a major focus.

2. A sweet romance!!

Theme: Step out of your predicament, and you'll discover a wider world.