Spring and Autumn, Ten Thousand Dynasties

A courtesan and a disgraced general x A prince who became a bandit

Where one treads through snow in search of plum blossoms lies the grave of a renowned female general.

The gravestone bears no name, because the imperial court forbade anyone to pay their respects.

An emperor's heart is impossible to fathom. Once the family was branded as traitors, not a single member of the Zhong family was granted a memorial tablet or even a stick of incense.

Yet in the depths of winter, a figure traveled a thousand miles to this place, poured wine before the nameless grave, and lit incense.

"Your Highness, His Majesty decreed that no one may pay respects to the Zhong family. This nameless tomb is already an act of clemency. You must not light a fire here!"

The young attendant beside him was frantic, but the person paying respects acted as though he hadn't heard. He poured another cup of wine, drained it, and said:

"Your family motto was to be loyal to the court and the realm. But now, the realm and the court have betrayed the Zhong family."

The attendant was so frightened that he fell to his knees and repeatedly knocked his head against the ground.

He thought that the Third Prince must be bent on dying so he could follow the Zhong family into the afterlife. But the emperor's decree required him to finish his exile before having both legs broken to atone to the Zhong family. The emperor would never let him die easily.

He turned into the wind and poured out the rest of the wine in front of the grave, his eyes full of inescapable gloom.

"Mingyue, if there is another life, let the realm fall to pieces if it must. Just don't betray me."

After countless twists and turns, a dream of a life beyond this one, the words whispered before the grave truly rode the northern wind into the dreams of the deceased. Zhong Mingyue awoke from the haze and discovered that the so-called next life was only five years in the future.

But she was no longer Zhong Mingyue, the only daughter of a family of generals. She was now Xie Wanyi, the most celebrated courtesan of the Huayue Zhaoying Pavilion.

The female general who had fought to defend Shangchen and protect her homeland had now been reborn as a merchant woman who knew nothing of her country's fall. Swallowing her humiliation and resentment, Zhong Mingyue was about to smash this den of pleasure with her bare hands when she discovered that her very first customer was someone she knew:

The Third Prince, Shao Huaizhi, who had grown up with her in the general's manor.

1. The male lead is lame and truly disabled. Please avoid if that's a dealbreaker.

2. Blurb posted and screenshotted for backup on 24.2.27.

2. Happy ending.

Theme: Though the nation is lost, its rivers and mountains endure.