A Love Story Between a Boy and a Girl: For You, I Would Sacrifice the World, Staining the Dawn with Blood
Her name was Luo Ling, and his name was Zi Yan. She possessed the beauty and supreme nobility admired by all women in the world, being the daughter of the Grand Chancellor. However, her cold and frosty demeanor made everyone around her feel that spring, summer, and autumn no longer existed. She looked down on everything around her, including people.
He was the most valued general by the Emperor, a blend of scholarly elegance and heroic valor, whose talents far exceeded the modesty of calling him well-versed in both literature and martial arts. Such a man, however, fell madly in love with her, the cold and beautiful Luo Ling.
That year, he was twenty and she was eighteen. The peach blossoms were exceptionally splendid in the spring. Under the peach tree, her delicate fingers plucked the strings of a seven-stringed guqin, producing discordant celestial sounds.
The man leaned quietly against a peach tree, watching as the wind blew petals onto her sleeves: “Let the flowers intoxicate people, not by their beauty, but by the celestial being playing the seven strings.
” He said, “Luo Ling, will you marry me?”
The wind blew stronger, and the rain of peach blossoms grew heavier. The guqin’s melody, which had disrupted the tranquility, abruptly stopped.
“Yes, but I must become the supreme phoenix of the world; otherwise, I will never marry in this lifetime,” she said coldly. He remained silent: “No matter what you want, I am willing to give it to you. Luo Ling, wait for me. In three years, I will win the position of the phoenix to marry you.”
He left. No one knew where he went, what he was going to do, or the sorrow and determination in his eyes as he turned away.
Time flew by, and three years passed in the blink of an eye. During these years, war was constant, and only news of a young general named Nuo gradually advancing towards the capital after going to the border three years ago was heard. The people hated him for his betrayal. That day, the city was ablaze, especially the imperial palace.
The Emperor sat on his throne, looking at the once-beloved minister in silence. “I just want this position,” the former minister said in a light and calm tone.
Overnight, the Emperor abdicated, and the new Emperor was none other than the traitor. Despite the anger, no one dared to defy this new Emperor.
On this day, she played her guqin under the peach tree as she did years ago, but her music had lost its liveliness, replaced by a deeper solemnity. The three years of war had left this once-proud woman with a touch of weariness.
Dressed in a black dragon robe, he exuded imperial majesty. Leaning against the peach tree as before, he said, “Luo Ling, will you marry me?” The music stopped abruptly. She replied, “Yes.”
Three days later, the palace was adorned in festive red, coloring half the sky. The streets outside were lined with a grand wedding procession, celebrating the day he would marry her. In a quiet and peaceful courtyard, she looked even more enchanting in her wedding dress. He approached her, saying,
“Luo Ling, I can finally have you.”
She remained silent, walking slowly beside him. Suddenly, a dagger plunged deeply into his heart. He didn’t even have time to ask why before he took his last breath. “Even with all this, I, Luo Ling, will never marry you.”
(I betrayed the kingdom I once loved for you, fought for something I didn’t desire, but why can I still not enter your heart?)
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