Ashes to Crown
翘楚
将军之女楚朝为改变自己成为楚国世子萧珣夺权路上牺牲品的可悲命运，发现主动出击才是改变命运的唯一途径。在与命运一波三折的对抗中，她与谢家庶子谢燕来相识，并点亮了谢燕来原本灰暗阴鹜的人生，助谢燕来挣脱命运枷锁，从禁军小卒一步步成长为镇国大将军，楚朝与谢燕来合力成功阻止了萧珣的野心和计划。在本该逃离是非之地的途中，见到战火中百姓的苦难，楚朝毅然决然返回城内，助力小皇孙萧羽为帝，直至萧羽亲政。然而萧珣又引外敌来犯，为权欲不惜陷万民于水火。楚朝携手谢燕来与之殊死抵抗，领军浴血奋战，终于成功解除大楚内忧外患。至此，楚朝不仅改变了自己的命运，也让大楚千千万万百姓摆脱了战火离乱的颠沛命运。
DIALOGUE CLIPS (2563)
Though tomorrow I may fall on the battlefield,
I shall embrace death with a smile.
water flows forward, never to return.
Do not look back.
Keep moving forward.
If he had just spoken up earlier, I might have had time to make amends.
She will never hear what I longed to tell her.
of my father were that war is too cruel.
He asked when it would finally end.
what meaning did their sacrifice have?
You still had to watch your father die
and your mother meet her bitter end.
regretted the choices they made. Self-delusion, nothing more.
Lest you forget, your enemies remain untouched.
but the Northern Desert that destroyed your parents.
The frontier troops have bled far too much. And what of it?
Their blood means nothing to you.
The army is yours to wield.
Don't you want to avenge your parents upon the Northern Desert King?
Mercy is weakness.
Look at this one. Give it to me.
Take your time. Do come by when you're free.
These flatbreads are meant for sale, so stop gorging yourself on them.
Are you some kind of gluttonous beast?