At the age of twelve, Meng Qianqian married into the Lu family to bring auspicious fortune to the ailing matriarch.
On her wedding night, urgent news arrived from the border—her husband was dispatched by imperial decree to the front lines. Half a year later, he tragically fell under the blades of the Northern Liang army.
Meng Qianqian became a widow before her marriage was even consummated.
Five years later, the husband who was believed to have died in battle returned, accompanied by an ethereal mute girl.
Lu Lingxiao said, Wan’er was the descendant of loyal martyrs, unlike a merchant’s daughter like her, steeped in the stench of money—Wan’er was a woman of true integrity and noble character.
Lu Lingxiao also said that Wan’er was an eagle soaring in the sky, while she, a delicate flower, could not compare to Wan’er in the slightest.
It was only when the nation crumbled and the city walls collapsed, and she charged through thousands of troops with a red-tasseled spear in hand, that Lu Lingxiao realized he had misjudged her.
She was no delicate flower confined to the inner chambers—she was the fiercest western wind at the Jade Gate Pass.
