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Glory in the Capital, Return at My Burial

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Xiao Tang and Gu Zhao were childhood sweethearts bound by a promise. Ten years ago, Gu Zhao left for the imperial exam with money from Xiao Tang’s sold dowry bracelet, vowing, “When I return in glory, I’ll marry you with eight sedan chairs.” A decade later, news of Gu Zhao becoming the top scholar spread, but Xiao Tang lay in a broken temple coughing blood—she’d hidden her tuberculosis for three years, finally at death’s door. A maid secretly sent word; when Gu Zhao raced back, he found a thin coffin in the yard. Inside, Xiao Tang clutched a crumpled note with his old handwriting: “Return.” He finally achieved glory in the capital, but only dared keep his “return” promise on the day of her burial.

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