『Only when the mountains lose their ridges and the sky and earth merge, only then would I dare part from you』
Little Swallow braved the imperial hunting grounds on behalf of Ziwei to claim her father, and by a twist of fate was made Princess Huanzhu. After Ziwei entered the palace and the truth came to light, the sisters stood together through the Empress's schemes and the Dowager Empress's pressure. In the end, between the Cang Mountains and Erhai Lake, they each found their own homes, amid cooking smoke and hearth fires, never looking back at the Forbidden City.
“Music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and wine—back then I never parted from any of them. Now those seven arts have all changed: firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea.”