Farewell, My General

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deed more comfortable

the streets and alleys every day, nor did I have to constantly calculate

nd accessories, and the kitchen was stocked

court affairs every day and

e all very proper, answering on

sn't a single person to talk t

y parents, wondering if they were eating w

it was tiring, I could enjoy Mom's cooking when I got

me to joke around with the young me

gray fur cloak that Mom had saved up to buy for me

lit, and the long tables on both sid

ruments diligently, and the court dan

was just like what I

raid of making a mistak

t, the Emperor

curiously raised my head, meeting the gaze

udly asking, "Why is the General's wi

ard that even he

ingle word to say and t

eased, and I guessed he w

the cloak to touch him. I was very

ot on. Just last January, when visiting relatives,

e what my name was, and

attie!" I res

t everyone in the hall laughed, eve

"How can someone have such an outdate

retort that my name was given by my paren

didn't

be more careful. Now that I was the General

roughout the capi

arried a crude country girl. The noble ladies laughed at how the Genera

biggest joke

noble who would mock my attire and behavior, spreadin

ggrieved but didn'

t even though I was a girl, I dared to peddle goods at a young age and

crude, and even a three-year-old knew that the m

d make up for it w

ed to

and a grand wedding would only giv

he had spent five years in the m

o disappoint hi

n I was, busy with preparations, sending in

teacher to teach me proper manners

e the rules. Miranda was very strict, raising

climbing trees and catching birds,

endured it even if tears welled

d, and Gavin prepared a grand d

my hand beneath the wedding veil and

onal red wedding robe, his hair tied wit

ehaved gracefully,

was pale and thin, not at

my back, they laughed at me, saying even my weddin

nderstanding why being a Gen

considerate, the best of men. But they

General's wife, but they

peddler from