Those Years with the Master

The second installment in the historical series

"What was the Master doing, wandering restlessly through the world?"

Though I am a woman,

I want everyone in the world to remember my name.

I am a crane struck down and killed,

and a horse drowned in the Yu River.

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There weren't that many cherished young ladies in ancient times.

Back then, daughters from noble families were meant to be traded.

Otherwise, why call them "thousand-gold young ladies"?

To their parents,

young women were nothing more than worthless possessions.

That imperial princess cried and wailed,

but she was worth no more than two boxes of gold.

"If you marry me and adopt a child,

you can establish your identity as a man.

The title of illegitimate son of the Pei family won't be your shackle anymore."

I asked in return, "What about you?"

The brilliant young woman gave no answer.

A glimmer of tears flashed in her eyes.

Fortunate to serve my country, I shall not let my youth be wasted.

"We are ready to fight to the death, and would gladly be your guide."

In this age, I came to understand one truth:

Reading cannot govern a country, and yet it can.

[Woman Disguised as a Man: Historical Series]

Hua Mulan of Northern Wei (a military household of Northern Wei): The General Is Named Hua Mulan, complete

Pei Yu of the Southern Liang (the Hedong Pei clan): Those Years with the Master, ongoing

A contracted work on Tangyuan Chuangzuo