<Summary:
blockquote>Twelve years after the Chiyan massacre Jingyan, bitter and grieving, is urgently called back to the capital and presented by unexpected marching orders by his mother: he's to leave his military career and marry Mei Changsu, an eighteen-years-old maiden who claims to be a daughter of his mother's old friend, mysterious Mei Shinan. Jingyan is furious, but he's too filial a son to disobey his mother...</blockquote>
➤ NiF canon divergence fic where Jingyan is called back to the capital to an arranged marriage with a young maiden named Mei Changsu
➤ I love seeing what is and what is not different in the plans and in how the two of them relate to each other, in this changed context!
➤ some great cameos from other characters too
➤ what a fun and satisfying read!
➤ 10k words in length
