When the Wild Geese Return

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[Princess with a Heart Turned to Ash & Candid, Passionate Khan of the Northern Frontier]

Third Princess Xi Yueming had a slender waist, glossy hair, and peerless beauty.

Though her birth mother died young, she was fortunate to be taken in and cared for by Consort Xian Song, while the eldest prince protected her at every turn.

Grateful for their kindness, Xi Yueming devoted herself wholeheartedly to her adoptive mother and elder brother, helping them secure the emperor's favor and seize power.

Then, in a single day, the dynasty changed.

Her brother ascended the throne as emperor, and her adoptive mother became empress dowager.

But the imperial decree Xi Yueming received ordered her to travel to a barbarian land and marry its leader, a man who lived on raw meat and blood.

The realm had barely been pacified before they cast her aside like a worn-out shoe.

It turned out that more than ten years of care had been nothing but exploitation from beginning to end.

Zizou lies in the north, where the people are fierce by nature. Its leader, Zishu, is so mighty he can wrestle a wild wolf to the ground with his bare hands.

A frail, helpless princess marrying such a crude barbarian would surely not survive many days.

Everyone in the capital watched Third Princess Xi leave, waiting to see her make a fool of herself.

Yet not long afterward, a rumor spread through the tribe: The peerless and mighty Khan had always had one problem, namely, how to coax his Khatan into smiling.

“A man came to me over mountains and rivers. His palms were rough, yet warm. He held my face in his hands and taught me how to be a princess who could live freely.”

“I had already made up my mind to die, but then I thought that spending the rest of my life with him might not be so bad.”

The long autumn wind carries the wild geese for thousands of miles. She had always belonged beneath the vast sky, among the grasslands.

[Reading Guide]

1. The male lead has concubines arranged for him by his elders, but he never sleeps with them. In body and heart, he belongs to the female lead alone.

2. The female lead had feelings for someone else before her marriage alliance.

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Blurb:

Xuan Baiwei had arched brows, bright teeth, and a graceful, captivating beauty. Unfortunately, she was only the sole daughter of a minor clerk.

A declining household had produced a daughter of peerless beauty. Her jade-like virtues became a source of trouble, drawing the covetous attention of a spoiled young master who boasted that he would snatch her away to be his eighth concubine.

To escape his clutches, she decided to find herself a powerful protector.

The Marquis Zhang's heir was dignified and steady, with a noble status. Xuan Baiwei secretly made up her mind: It had to be him.

At a spring garden banquet, guests drank beside the winding stream. Xuan Baiwei threw caution to the wind and boldly slipped her handkerchief into the hands of the Marquis Zhang's heir.

But the heir arrived late, with nothing in his hands. Lord Xiao, returning from a stroll, had acquired a fragrant handkerchief, which he wound around his fingers amid the lush colors of spring.

The powerful official's eyes were deep as he asked, “Miss Xuan, is this the handkerchief you lost?”

The Prince of Lin'an had gathered troops and grown too powerful to ignore, sparking heated discussion throughout the court. After negotiations among several parties, Xiao Chu, the Prince of Lin'an's military strategist, returned to the capital on his behalf.

At the garden banquet, court officials watched him like a pack of wolves, testing him in every way and determined to pull the claws from this tiger.

Xiao Chu handled them with ease, leaving no opening. He thought their tactics were nothing special.

As the standoff continued, a woman suddenly stepped forward. She claimed that she had exchanged handkerchiefs with the man she loved as a token of their engagement, then tearfully asked the gathered officials to take charge of their marriage.

Xiao Chu: ...

Xiao Chu, her beloved: Heh. Interesting.

From a young nobleman of Wuling, to an anonymous military strategist beyond the frontier, and finally to the Prince of Lin'an, who held the power of life and death in the Northern Border, only his boundless hatred sustained Xiao Chu on the journey.

Time and again, he swallowed down harsh liquor and clutched his burning chest, only then feeling certain that he was still alive in this world.

“Until one day, a young woman came running with her head down, thrust a handkerchief into my hand without a word, then turned and left.”

“She brought me back to the world of the living.”

Theme: Sincerity is repaid with sincerity