After I Died, My Be Partner Bowed Their Head for Three Years

The princess fell for a general in the year she came of age. He was wise, valiant, dashing, and handsome, so she went straight up to him and threw herself at his feet.

It seemed harmless at first, but the more she pursued him, the more sincere her feelings became. In the end, she begged her father, the emperor, to arrange their marriage.

But on the day the marriage was decreed, the general said sternly, "I'm a wanted man in an enemy country. If you stay with me, you'll be putting your life at risk."

She asked, "If I get captured by bad people one day, will you come save me?"

The general replied gravely, "No."

The princess fell silent. After thinking it over for a long while, she accepted that the person she loved did not love her back. Then she said earnestly, "All right, then. If that day really comes, you must not save me."

That night, the general could not sleep.

I would give my life for my country, so why should I shrink from danger or seek comfort?

The princess did not know that during the three years after her death, the general knelt and prayed for her salvation every day in the Hall of State. That imposing man went gray overnight and never married.

That day, Song Jinchuan was wounded while visiting the countryside in secret. He came down from the mountain, carrying the crisp chill of the forest at dawn, and bandaged her wound.

His eyes held a glimmer of light, a view she had never seen within the palace.

So she said to him, "Changqing, be my consort."