The general's mansion was plunged into a tense and solemn atmosphere, and everyone in the mansion was uneasy, except for Huyan Shaohua who knew nothing.

"Shangguan Yuji, why are you running around when you are sick? You act like you are three years old—"

Kids?

She cursed all the way, her roar reaching the living room, and only shut up when she saw the guests seated there.

Shao Hua glanced at King Zhou who had a serious face, and then glanced at Shangguan Yuji who had been giving her eyes.

He frowned and signaled her to kneel down and greet her.

Shao Huan glanced at him. After all, she was a princess of Wei. How could she kneel down and kowtow to the emperor of Zhou?

She walked forward with a sullen face, folded her hands on her lower abdomen, and bent down slightly.

"I didn't know King Zhou was here too. Please forgive me for being a little rude."

Her every move and gesture exuded aristocratic demeanor, generous, decent and unpretentious.

King Zhou put on a cold smile, the chill reaching his heart, "I just heard from General Shangguan that Princess Shaohua was locked up in the mansion, crying every day, and became ill from missing her. Now it seems that this is not the case."

After saying this, he cast a questioning and cold look at Shangguan Yuji.

Hu Yan Shaohua didn't know what was going on. Why did he lie? I don't understand...

"I just recovered from my illness these two days, and I infected him, so I was in a hurry to ask him to see a doctor." She smoothed things over for him.

No matter what the reason was for deceiving the King of Zhou, he could not afford to get into trouble.

In the Zhou Kingdom, the only person she could trust was Shangguan Yuji.

King Zhou's eyes moved back and forth between the two of them, like a silent, oppressive judgment.

Shangguan Yuji kept looking at him calmly and remained silent.

The three of them were in a stalemate for a moment.

"It's time for me to return to the palace. I need to prepare myself in the next few days."

"As you command, Your Majesty."

After King Zhou left, Shangguan Yuji sat in the living room for a long time, his eyes empty as if his soul was wandering around.

Shao Hua patted his shoulder, "Are you okay?"

He remained silent. After a long while, he raised his head to look at her. His eyes were shining and he looked so pitiful, like a bullied puppy.

"Are you willing to go to the border with me?" He said earnestly, his eyes sincere, "The emperor has arranged for me to stay at the border, maybe for a year or two, or maybe... I will never come back."

I don't know when it started snowing, but it turned into water in just half a second after hitting the ground.

It was so white and foggy that I couldn't see clearly what was ahead.

Huyan Shaohuan stared at the snow scene outside the door and the green plants with only dead branches left in the middle of the courtyard, with a hint of helplessness in the corner of her eyes.

"It's snowing." Her eyes were unusually gentle. "In Wei, wishes made on the first snow are very effective."

He asked, "What do you want to wish for?"

"Go back to Wei." She answered without hesitation, looking at him with desire and urgency in her eyes.

Shangguan Yuji avoided her sight and looked outside the door.

He whispered, "I may have made a wish, but I can't tell you."

"I can't let you go back, so just stay in the general's mansion."

"Why?" she roared again.

Shangguan Yuji ignored her and left the living room until his back disappeared from her sight.

......

A few days later, a group of soldiers were waiting at the gate of the general's mansion.

Shangguan Yuji packed up his supplies and mounted his warhorse, his eyes always looking into the mansion. The housekeeper had already seen through the general's thoughts and felt helpless.

"General, take care of yourself when you are out there." He said it like a parent instructing his child who is going on a long journey.

"Um."

Shangguan Yuji withdrew his lonely look, and with a "gig" he led the soldiers away from the gate of the general's mansion.

And just behind the door, Shao Hua kicked the corner in despair.

She pouted and muttered, "You left me alone in Zhou Country. Couldn't you ask a few more times?"

If I had known this earlier, I would have refused without any shame.

When Shangguan Yuji walked out of the city gate, the deputy general who had been following him all the way finally spoke up.

"General, you took great pains to keep Princess Shaohua in your mansion and didn't let her know that Wei had given up on her. I heard that you wanted to take Princess Shaohua to the border. Are you......"

"Stop talking too much!" Shangguan Yuji growled, without forgetting to glance in the direction of the general's mansion.

The army marched out of the city gate but only a few meters away when a woman's voice appeared on the city wall.

"Shangguan Yuji, you must come back safely! You haven't promised to take me back to the country yet!"

Huyan Shaohuan stood on the city wall, the strong wind blew up her hair and sleeves, making her look like a beauty in the ice and snow, cold and dazzling.

Shangguan Yuji turned his horse and looked up at her, feeling a warm and reluctant feeling in his heart.

His red and swollen eyes were not sure if it was because of the cold or because of someone, but he nodded.

He will definitely come back.

The battle situation was reported back to the court from the border one after another, and Shao Hua was also eagerly awaiting news from the border.

Until the third day after the latest battle began, what came was not the news of victory, but the loss of the border, the annihilation of the entire army, and the whereabouts of General Shangguan were unknown.

"No! I want to go find him!"

Huyan Shaohuan is a sentimental person. She has long regarded him as a friend, or perhaps more than just a friend.

She couldn't just watch him die.

The housekeeper stopped her and said, "Princess Shaohua, the general has already told me not to let you go out! If you must go, go to the general's study. There is a letter he left for you."

"Why didn't you say so earlier!"

Shao Hua quickly ran to the study, searched around, and found the letter at the bottom of a pile of documents.

It says "From Shao Hua herself."

[Shaohua, if you read this letter, it means that I have been in danger at the border. I leave all the property deeds and jewelry in the mansion to you. I am sorry that I cannot let you return to Wei. Forget about Wei. They have given up on you. Live well with the assets I left you. Start over under the name of Shangguan Qing. Forget about Wei and forget about me.]

Finally, he wrote a line: [I made a wish on the first snow, that you would be my wife, that we would get wet in the snow together, and grow old together.]

Huyan Shaohua's heart felt as if it was being stabbed by countless needles.

There were tear marks all over his face, and his red eyes showed determination.

"I will help you realize this wish."

After saying that, she took the long whip that she hadn't touched for a long time, rode her horse and rushed out of the general's mansion. The housekeeper behind her chased her for a long time but couldn't catch up.

......

It was two days later when we arrived at the border.

The battlefield was desolate and bloody, and as far as the eye could see, there was a huge cremated mound.

"Long time no see, Princess Shaohua, we have been waiting for you for a long time."

She sneered, her eyes full of murderous intent, "Remember, my name is Shangguan Qing, have you caught Shangguan Yuji?"

The general of Wei got off his horse and said arrogantly, "You are a princess of Wei and you have the same surname as the general of the enemy country. You are a disgrace to Wei! But it doesn't matter, princess. Today we have learned something."

If she wasn't stronger than all the men on the battlefield, she wouldn't be so hated.

A woman should stay at home and take care of her husband and children. Why does she come here to be a female general?

"I'm asking you where Shangguan Yuji is?" She didn't want to listen to his nonsense.

"Dead! He was pierced through the heart by thousands of arrows and torn into pieces by five horses and fed to wild wolves!" He snorted coldly, "Otherwise why can't Zhou find him."

"What..." She stumbled back a few steps weakly, her face full of disbelief, "He's such a strong man, how could this happen?"

Suddenly, it started snowing again.

Is God comforting her?

But he is no longer here.

Shangguan Qing raised her head and let the cold snowflakes fall on her face. It was so bitingly cold that it made her heart numb.

“Hmm—”

The man shot an arrow into her heart, and then another.

She smiled and began to laugh.

"This is the Wei Kingdom that I once swore to protect with my life. From now on, I am no longer Huyan Shaohuan. I am just Shangguan Qing, the wife of Shangguan Yuji."

She fell in the snow, her fiery red blood glaring against the white.

"I hate you."

......

The image displayed by the Night Pearl suddenly stopped.

"So this is how I was before I died." She sneered, "No wonder I am so obsessed. How can I be so carefree when I am betrayed by the country I protect?"

She asked, "I remember everything. Can I drink Mengpo soup and walk across the Naihe Bridge?"

The dagger did not respond to her, and after a burst of bright light, she returned to the antique shop.

"Sir, how are you? Are you okay?" Youxuan ran forward and asked.

"Go back to the underworld." She felt a little uneasy.