I hung from the city wall while the rebel leader taunted my husband.
“My lord, choose: your old love or your wife!”
Beside me, Li Yaoyao cried out with righteous resolve, “Sui’an, don’t worry about me!
Storm the city!
Tell the crown prince I’ll marry him in my next life!”
Two arrows whistled through the air.
The rebel holding Li Yaoyao at his mercy fell dead.
I watched in silence as Shen Sui’an and the crown prince came flying toward us.
Both crowded around Li Yaoyao.
Neither noticed that my rope had been cut.