Sweet Love
Sunlight After the Rain
My family had three daughters, each lovelier than the last.
When we came of marriageable age, suitors nearly wore our threshold smooth.
Even the Emperor decided to interfere.
He insisted that one of us marry the great general, Xie Yuan.
Father and Mother could do nothing but sigh.
My two elder sisters exchanged uneasy looks, so I rose with righteous resolve.
“What’s there to worry about? Marrying a general would be glorious, and I might even get to ride a great stallion!”
“If neither of you will marry him, I will.”
Later, Xie Yuan pinned me in his arms and coaxed me again and again:
“Are you shirking again, Mianmian? Why won’t you ride your great stallion tonight?”
