"It doesn't matter whether I go back to Minzhou or not."
"The person who caught butterflies and loaches with me when I was young and tasted Auntie Yue's osmanthus wine is no longer here."
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Ling Ye tried his best to save his dodder flower.
But the red shadow is not a dodder flower,
Nor does he need his salvation.
She said that "choice" is the only right she has in life, and she is willing to pay the price for the wrong choice, and then she is willing to admit defeat and leave gracefully.
So in the end he was the only one trapped.
Purpose: Female characters are never just vassals of love. Even under the dual oppression of feudal imperial power and male power, they still have the courage and strength to break the shackles and realize their own self-worth.