Generals of the Great Song Dynasty.

Summary

The chapter summarizes a romantic Chinese folktale about the star-crossed lovers Niu Lang and Zhi Nu, who are separated by the Milky Way but reunited briefly each year by a bridge built by tireless magpies. Bai Da Gong Nu wishes she could become a magpie to help the lovers, but the pragmatic Wang Luo Xiang dismisses this as impossible. Instead, Xiang suggests several eligible young men at the Six Arts Academy that Bai Da Gong Nu could pursue. Meanwhile, the officials Zhao Zhen, Fu, and Han devise a plan to halt the Liu Ta River project, which Xia Song is eager to implement before being thwarted by Zheng's determination to complete the project in three days.

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