I see the green hills so charming, I expect they see me the same way. The sprawling mountain ranges brimmed with life, a landscape as picturesque as a painting.
Thinking about it now, the battle with the Barbarians wasn't fierce enough. I should have crushed them so badly they couldn't recover for fifty years. If I have to name one regret, this would be it. I thought I could guard the borders forever, but in the end, fate is a trickster. Is the so-called imperial ambition just a flower in the mirror, the moon in the water—nothing more than a dream?
"Let's go for a walk," Qin Qiu suggested.
"Okay."
The lights along the banks of the Qingyuan River were few and far between. The couple walked hand in hand, strolling leisurely. Sometimes they whispered and laughed softly, sometimes they gazed at the fishing boats' lights on both banks. Eventually, they bought some snacks and sat down on the grass.
