Chapter 1166: Chapter 1166 Shackles
What awaited her was an even more terrifying ordeal.
Yet, in a battle devoid of hope, news of victory arrived after three months. In the subsequent years, Suzy quelled numerous border conflicts and accumulated countless military achievements.
While court officials and citizens alike admired the only female general of the Great Dynasty of Landon, they simultaneously imposed many chains upon her.
After the border conflicts had settled, what awaited the female general was criticism and blame from everyone in court.
——Being a woman serving as the commander of thousands of soldiers, her chastity was still questionable.
At court, these words were spoken directly by a veteran official of three dynasties, implying that the Emperor should be cautious of her potentially threatening his sovereignty.
Following this statement, the common people also reacted, believing that it was against the natural order for a woman to be a general.
Many gathered to throw garbage at the entrance of the State Duke of Steady’s residence, even refusing to sell food and fabric to anyone from the state duke’s household.
At home, already disapproving of her daughter’s acceptance of the imperial command, the Duchess chose to hang herself, leaving behind a suicide note. Every accusation in the note condemned Suzy for being unfilial and defiant of a woman’s virtues, bringing shame upon the entire family.
Not long after, the Emperor ordered Suzy to be recalled from the border. Under the guise of reward, he took her military power and orchestrated her death by decreeing a marriage.
Just as he had dealt with her father and brothers.
After Suzy’s death, because of her mother’s suicide note, no one remembered her suffering serious injuries and facing near death for the stability of the borderlands. What was remembered was how disloyal, unfilial, unkind, and unjust she was, besmirched with a myriad of insults.
A year later, the neighboring country, hearing of Suzy’s death and with nothing left to fear, amassed troops for a major assault. Within three years, the capital of the Great Dynasty of Landon was overrun and occupied.
Only on the day the city fell did the court officials and citizens begin to regret, but it was too late for remorse.
Admiring Suzy’s wisdom and bravery in battle, the king of the neighboring country commanded her grave to be renovated and a stele erected, sighing, "Peace was secured by the general, yet the general was not allowed to see peace."
In the final scene, merely years after the war, where there was once only ruins, there was now peace and prosperity. The past was no longer remembered, and on the rare occasions that scholars and poets mentioned the female general, it was with a heartfelt sigh.
Sighing that she was born in the wrong body.
"In the wrong body."
Atop a white horse, a woman covered her face with a light gauze veil, lowered her eyes, and chuckled as she shook her head.
In the distance, a man in dark clothes approached with an umbrella and helped her down from the horse. Standing side by side, their gazes met, and at the end of the cold mountains and rivers, warmth began to melt away.
This television series, named after the female protagonist, concluded with an open ending.
On the day the ending aired, it shot straight to the top of the trending searches.
——Wait, let me get this straight, so the man standing with the protagonist in the last scene is the king of the neighboring country who ultimately conquered the Great Dynasty of Landon, right?
——Got the wrong ship, so the protagonist’s love interest isn’t the deputy general, but the king of the neighboring country?!
——Is this a love-hate storyline? So cool, I need to rewatch!
——I’m crying, why does Hannah always have to play tragic roles? I was so angry at those vicious commoners and the stubborn old courtiers when I was halfway through.
——Not to criticize, but are the masses that easily swayed? The plot’s a bit far-fetched, right? Can’t scriptwriters think a bit more nowadays?
——Those who say the plot is far-fetched should look back at the online commentary against Hannah, and you won’t find it so improbable. With just a few careless words, a good person can be turned into a villain deserving of a thousand cuts.
