Plucking Flowers, Asking the Way to the Summit

Wandering through my ancestral land, I gaze down the endless road to the horizon. Where is my home? I smile at the rivers and mountains, drink a thousand cups of wine, and leave behind a name to last through the ages. Prince Qin Mu, the Prince of Xin, is sent by imperial decree to suppress bandits in Guang Province. There, he unexpectedly finds Xie Wu, the eldest daughter of the Duke of Yingguo, who vanished many years ago. She is also the girl he was betrothed to as an infant. Xie Wu has been missing for eleven years, and Qin Mu has long since married Xie Wan, the Duke of Yingguo’s second daughter. But their betrothal was bestowed by the late emperor. The entire capital eagerly awaits the spectacle of the Duke of Yingguo’s two daughters fighting over one man. Little do they know, this phoenix has returned to the imperial court to turn the capital upside down... Reader’s guide and warnings: 1. There is little domestic intrigue. This is not a story about a legitimate daughter and a secretly exchanged true heiress getting revenge on a scummy father and stepmother. 2. The heroine is a transmigrator with somewhat lax morals. The characters in this story are generally not very virtuous. 3. There is little romance, and many male characters appear. The first one introduced is not necessarily the hero. 4. The story is a little slow to warm up and is not meant to be taken seriously. The heroine may seem impressive, but she can’t possibly be smarter than the author. 5. After a long hiatus, the author is starting again to get back into the swing of things. The length and ending are still uncertain.