The Princess Returned
Original Title: 公主归来
Author: Xiu Ce
Raw Link: Gongzhu Guilai
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Synopsis:
After returning from a political marriage alliance, the kingdom had already fallen. She went from being a princess to a princess of a fallen dynasty. Sitting upon the dragon throne was the very general who had once escorted her away for that marriage alliance.
Fortunately, she had been reborn once before, so she already knew what would happen.
“With my meager abilities, I am unworthy of such praise from Your Majesty. I ask only that the realm be at peace and the people live in safety, and I shall be content. More than that, I pray for our Emperor’s health and everlasting fortune. Long live Your Majesty — long live the Emperor, ten thousand years, ten thousand times ten thousand years!”
The glory and splendor of the former dynasty were gone. The princess of a ruined nation bent her proud back and kowtowed three times and bowed nine times before the emperor of the new dynasty.
That year, he escorted Princess Baohua, Xie Yuzhang, beyond the frontier for a marriage alliance.
She said:
“The world is in turmoil, and the Xie family’s fate is nearly exhausted. If you possess the ability, you may claim this realm for yourself. If one day you sit high in the imperial court… Baohua will surely bow her head in reverence before you.”
He replied:
“Your Highness speaks absurdly. No matter what becomes of this realm, or of me, Your Highness will forever be a princess in my eyes.”
As he watched that delicate and noble woman walk step by step into the barbarian king’s tent, he clenched his fists so tightly that blood seeped from his palms. …