["Wild" talented women in the capital & talented young generals]
During the Xuanyuan period, there was great chaos on the border. Foreign enemies invaded and attacked the border, and cholera plagued the capital. The enemy's current generals headed north without hesitation to fight. Ten years later, hundreds of thousands of generals returned in triumph.
After returning to Beijing, Zhou Yunchuan met Lu Zhongyu many times. He saw that she was dignified and generous, and her movements were cautious. He could not tell that she was the lively girl who picked wild vegetables in the mountains and rolled around him.
She saw that he had become a little more mature. Although he still looked as proud as he did many years ago, he had a little more trouble that was difficult to detect.
He said: "It's deep winter before my eyes. I can only see white snow drifting down, and the garden is full of dead branches and leaves."
But she said: "Then wait for spring to come and for the flowers in the garden to bloom."
Intention: to regard death as home