The Dream of the Red Chamber Begins with the Embroidered Uniform Guard

Daiyu: "When you were a member of the Embroidered Uniform Guard being chased and killed, like a dog with its tail between its legs, why didn't you look for the problem within yourself?" Zheng Yang: "Then let me ask you, why didn't you look for the problem within yourself when you were unwell? Why didn't you look for the problem within yourself when your father was poisoned? Why didn't you look for the problem within yourself when you were forced to flee with me? Answer me..." Years later, Daiyu, on her throne, looked around and said, "He was a reckless man, a scoundrel, but he was my husband!" And all of this began in the fifth year of the Kangning era, when the Imperial Guards of the Northern Garrison came to Jinling to inspect the salt... This book is set in a fictional Ming Dynasty, with the Qin prince succeeding to the throne after Hongwu. It differs from actual history, so please bear with me!