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The King's Vow Turns to Ash

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Young King Xiao Heng and Lin Wantang, daughter of a general, were betrothed since childhood. He once swore under the old peach tree by the palace wall: "When I crush the rebels, I'll marry you with a phoenix coronet." But after three years of quelling the rebellion, Xiao Heng had to marry the prime minister's daughter to stabilize the court. Wantang, on her way to Beijing to deliver their engagement jade pendant, was ambushed and fell off a cliff. When Xiao Heng found the blood-stained pendant and Wantang's last words—"I don't blame you, just... can't wait anymore"—he realized their vow had long turned into ash, lingering in the wind, never to be gathered again.

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