For the Tribe
With a raise of his hand, the Grey Eagle in the man's grasp soared into the sky. He watched it fly far away, lost in thought.
This man was Jin Shengzhou, twenty-eight years old, chief of the Zhenfan Tribe and a general of Goguryeo. The Zhenfan Tribe was Goguryeo's second-largest tribe, with forty to fifty thousand people, second only to Princess Yu Shu's father's tribe.
Ever since Jin Shengzhou succeeded his father as chief, he had been ambitious, wanting to develop the tribe and even become king of all Goguryeo.
He liked Yu Shu because she was so beautiful.
By the age of fourteen or fifteen, Yu Shu had already grown into a graceful beauty, the most beautiful flower and brightest pearl in all Goguryeo. Jin Shengzhou had fallen for her at first sight and had proposed to the King of Goguryeo many times.
Last year, when Yu Shu was seventeen, Jin Shengzhou proposed again. Seeing that his daughter had grown up and needed a suitable marriage, the King of Goguryeo wavered. Although Jin Shengzhou already had several wives and even several children, he promised to make Yu Shu his principal wife, and their children could inherit the position of Zhenfan chief.
The King of Goguryeo was tempted. If he married his daughter to Jin Shengzhou, he could stabilize Goguryeo's largest tribe. With their two tribes united, Goguryeo would become more secure, and the other tribes would not dare harbor disloyal thoughts.
In the end, the King of Goguryeo accepted Jin Shengzhou's proposal for Yu Shu and agreed to marry her to him after she came of age at eighteen.
But shortly after the King of Goguryeo agreed to the marriage, an imperial decree arrived from Great Qin. The First Emperor had bestowed Princess Yu Shu in