Xu Wuyou can't remember anything from before she was seven. As far back as she can recall, she has lived in a secluded estate on the outskirts of Chang'an.
It is the private residence of the Mu family's eldest son.
On the tenth and fifteenth of every month, he comes without fail to inspect her studies.
He hired people to teach her etiquette, saying it was a basic rule of life.
He also hired people to teach her to read. A girl might not travel ten thousand miles, he said, but she could read ten thousand books, broaden her horizons, and cultivate her character.
He even arranged for her to learn weaving and silkworm farming. The world was unstable, he said, and it was always good to have a skill to fall back on.
Xu Wuyou studied obediently, mastering her manners, lessons, and skills.
But sometimes she got lazy. What was the point of learning all this?
After all, Brother had never complained that she was ill-mannered. She didn't care about broadening her horizons or cultivating her character. If the world was unstable, she could just stay in the courtyard and never go out. As long as Brother was there, that was enough.
That was truly what she thought.
She wanted Brother to stay by her side forever. She wanted them to marry one day, have children, and be together forever.
When she turned fifteen, she told Brother her wish.
It was the first time he had ever shaken his head at her, refusing what she asked. Later, he even got angry and told her it was impossible for him to marry her.
Why?
She asked him again and again.
From the age of fifteen until she was seventeen.
Because I'm your older brother, and I only think of you as my little sister. My parents have arranged a marriage for me.
After that, the estate was quiet for a long time. He didn't come for ages.
When someone finally arrived, it was a kind-faced woman who said she was Brother's mother.
The woman said many things, then began to cry. She scolded Xu Wuyou as she shoved her.
Xu Wuyou hit her head and remembered the lost part of her past.
It turned out she was a princess of the former dynasty. Her homeland had fallen ten years ago, and Brother had rescued her and raised her all these years.
He had done her a great kindness.
She couldn't repay kindness with betrayal.
She had to repay that debt properly.
[Former-dynasty princess sent to marry the Xiongnu VS noble family's young master who gave up literature to join the army]
My first wish is for peace across the land and happiness for the people.
My second wish is for the young master to stay healthy, with his wife and children by his side.
My third wish is for all my heart's desires to come true.
“You saved my life, my lord. I would never presume to cling to you like a creeping vine. The former dynasty has fallen, but its people remain. I want to live a life with meaning, and I am willing to make this journey.”
The heroine isn't a virgin. It's more or less a story about a heroine who thinks that marrying into another people will mean she doesn't have to fight any more wars, and a hero who spends his whole life trying to bring her back to her homeland.
Theme: Plum blossoms and snow refuse to yield the first sign of spring.
