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The Mountains and Rivers as Oath, the Empire as Dowry

share time: 2025-12-11 06:01:50

Shen Zhao, the female general guarding Yanmen Pass, made a lifelong promise with the incognito Crown Prince Gu Heng three years ago but broke it due to a border emergency. Now Gu Heng is emperor, and he sends an edict to marry her as empress with “the empire as dowry.” Shen Zhao believes it’s a scheme to seize her military power and enters the capital in armor to confront him. However, after entering the palace, she sees the scar under Gu Heng’s dragon robe—from taking a sword for her years ago—and finds in the treasury’s secret accounts that every sum was extra provisions for Yanmen Pass. It turns out his “empire as dowry” was never a plot; it was him betting the entire world to let her put down her spear and be the little Zhao who could cry in his arms again.

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