The Imperial Clan's Daughter Sent for a Political Marriage

At sixteen, Zhi Li was sent beyond the frontier to marry for peace. At twenty-three, when the Xiongnu retreated far away, she returned home with her child. Seven years had passed in between. After being chosen as a princess of the imperial clan to marry for peace, Zhi Li rarely got to live a life where she never had to lift a finger again. The number seven came up again, but this time it was not seven long years. It was only seven months... before Zhi Li and Yi Pan met again. Zhi Li had met Yi Pan during the time she spent returning from beyond the frontier. After escaping the Xiongnu, she was able to enter the border pass under an unknown identity thanks to him. At first, he said he was merely the head of a merchant caravan. Only later did she learn that he was the emperor's own younger brother. Compared to him, Zhi Li's status as a woman who had married for peace was both simple and complicated. She thought there was little hope for the two of them, so when they parted, she never even gave him a proper farewell. . Only a few days after they met again, a great fire broke out at Zhi Li's home. She escaped the towering flames by sheer luck. Just as she thought she would be left homeless, she looked up and spotted Yi Pan among the many minor officials sent by the authorities to put out the fire. Theme: When the road is winding and the mountains are high, persevere.